{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"1551"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"thesconceptsTechnique":{"label":"Technique","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20051"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Museum purchase"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1830"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1981    12    3"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1981.12.3"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on pine and poplar"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":["",""]},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1244/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"1244"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Chest of Drawers"},"geographyCity":{"value":["",""]},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Immigrants of Germanic heritage started coming to America during the seventeenth century, attracted by William Penn's invitation to establish communities on the fertile lands of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Germans have long been celebrated for the richness of the culture they brought and maintained for generations, but within their embracing culture, self-contained pockets of settlement produced distinctive traditions. The Mahantango Valley, bounded by Line Mountain on the north and Mahantango Mountain on the south, was settled in the eighteenth century, primarily by second-generation Germans from other southeastern Pennsylvania communities. A tradition of decorated furniture specific to this region had developed by the turn of the nineteenth century and falls into two main groups: fifteen blanket chests with owners' names and dates ranging from 1798 to 1828 and a larger group of about fifty-seven chests of drawers, slant-front desks, cupboards, and hanging cupboards made between 1827 and 1841.It is now thought that one of the major contributors to this second group of furniture was Johannes Mayer, whose home, which still stands in Upper Mahanoy Township, was discovered to contain moldings and trims identical to those used in this chest. The painted embellishments include motifs typical of Pennsylvania German decorative arts: flowers (often tulips), birds, and other animals. But the cartouche-shape reserves on the drawer fronts outlined in delicate striping and the quarter-fans in the corners are ornamental ideas that are drawn from the larger trends prevalent in American decorative arts of the period.Many of the decorative motifs on Mayer's chests relate to printed Taufscheine (birth and baptismal certificates), but his design vocabulary also is tied to one of the preeminent families in the region, through the marriage of Mayer's daughter Elizabeth to Jared Stiehly, the son of Reverend Isaac Stiehly. Reverend Stiehly was a popular pastor, gravestone carver, and Scherenschnitte (paper cutting) and fraktur artist. An examination of Stiehly's stone carving reveals a stacked arrangement of shaped cartouches with rosettes bordering each side, ideas borrowed by Mayer. Stacy C. Hollander, \"Chest of Drawers,\" in American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 321.","The Mahantango Valley is a strip of land in southeastern PA that was settled late in the 18th C by a Second generation Germans from other SE PA communities. The Furniture now associated with the reigon can be divided into 2 groups: c. 15 known chests with owners' names and dates ranging from 1798-1828 (all blanket and dower chests) and (II) vividly decorated chests of drawers, chests, slant-top desks, cupboards and hanging cupbooards. Approx. 57 pieces have been id in all, dated between 1827-1841. The use of distinctive molding and trim on this piece supports an attribution to Johannes Mayer. Mayers home was found to contain identical molding and trim, Originally this furniture was thought to be the work of one man,Jacob Maser, but is now attributed to at  least 18 different craftsman. Other examples are in AARFAC, the PALI and JULI Drion chests, Jenner 1829. Decorated chests depicting a praying child are attributed to Mayer, as well."]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":["",""]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"153191"},"geographyState":{"value":["Pennsylvania","Pennsylvania"]},"thesconceptsMaterials":{"label":"Materials","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20051"},"geographyCountry":{"value":["United States","United States"]},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"950","content":"Johannes Mayer"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Furniture/Furnishings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Immigrants of Germanic heritage started coming to America during the seventeenth century, attracted by William Penn's invitation to establish communities on the fertile lands of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Germans have long been celebrated for the richness of the culture they brought and maintained for generations, but within their embracing culture, self-contained pockets of settlement produced distinctive traditions. The Mahantango Valley, bounded by Line Mountain on the north and Mahantango Mountain on the south, was settled in the eighteenth century, primarily by second-generation Germans from other southeastern Pennsylvania communities. A tradition of decorated furniture specific to this region had developed by the turn of the nineteenth century and falls into two main groups: fifteen blanket chests with owners' names and dates ranging from 1798 to 1828 and a larger group of about fifty-seven chests of drawers, slant-front desks, cupboards, and hanging cupboards made between 1827 and 1841.It is now thought that one of the major contributors to this second group of furniture was Johannes Mayer, whose home, which still stands in Upper Mahanoy Township, was discovered to contain moldings and trims identical to those used in this chest. The painted embellishments include motifs typical of Pennsylvania German decorative arts: flowers (often tulips), birds, and other animals. But the cartouche-shape reserves on the drawer fronts outlined in delicate striping and the quarter-fans in the corners are ornamental ideas that are drawn from the larger trends prevalent in American decorative arts of the period.Many of the decorative motifs on Mayer's chests relate to printed Taufscheine (birth and baptismal certificates), but his design vocabulary also is tied to one of the preeminent families in the region, through the marriage of Mayer's daughter Elizabeth to Jared Stiehly, the son of Reverend Isaac Stiehly. Reverend Stiehly was a popular pastor, gravestone carver, and Scherenschnitte (paper cutting) and fraktur artist. An examination of Stiehly's stone carving reveals a stacked arrangement of shaped cartouches with rosettes bordering each side, ideas borrowed by Mayer. Stacy C. Hollander, \"Chest of Drawers,\" in American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 321.","The Mahantango Valley is a strip of land in southeastern PA that was settled late in the 18th C by a Second generation Germans from other SE PA communities. The Furniture now associated with the reigon can be divided into 2 groups: c. 15 known chests with owners' names and dates ranging from 1798-1828 (all blanket and dower chests) and (II) vividly decorated chests of drawers, chests, slant-top desks, cupboards and hanging cupbooards. Approx. 57 pieces have been id in all, dated between 1827-1841. The use of distinctive molding and trim on this piece supports an attribution to Johannes Mayer. Mayers home was found to contain identical molding and trim, Originally this furniture was thought to be the work of one man,Jacob Maser, but is now attributed to at  least 18 different craftsman. Other examples are in AARFAC, the PALI and JULI Drion chests, Jenner 1829. Decorated chests depicting a praying child are attributed to Mayer, as well."]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1830"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20051"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1830"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - Sunday, March 26, 2006","exhibitionEndISODate":"2006-03-26","exhibitionID":"136","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2005-09-20","exhibitionBeginDate":"2005","exhibitionTitle":"Surface Attraction","exhibitionEndDate":"2006"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Wednesday, February 24, 1982 - Sunday, September 19, 1982","exhibitionEndISODate":"1982-09-19","exhibitionID":"14","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1982-02-24","exhibitionBeginDate":"1982","exhibitionTitle":"Folk Art Masterpieces","exhibitionEndDate":"1982"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, July 11, 2002 - Sunday, January 5, 2003","exhibitionEndISODate":"2003-01-26","exhibitionID":"73","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2002-07-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2002","exhibitionTitle":"American Anthem","exhibitionEndDate":"2003"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"1993\u20132001","exhibitionEndISODate":"2001-10","exhibitionID":"64","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1993-10-05","exhibitionBeginDate":"1993","exhibitionTitle":"America's Heritage","exhibitionEndDate":"2001"}]},"thesconceptsObjecttype":{"label":"Object Type","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20051"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"47 1/2 × 43 3/8 × 22\""}}]}