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Chest of drawers, vertically rectangular, having an overhang rectangular top, serpentine-shaped front and ovolo corners fitted with upper two horizontal short drawers, above four graduated long drawers, all with case continuous-bead molding surrounds having cast-metal pulls, scrolls and foliate detail. Flanking projecting angled front stiles, upper baroque carving tapering to leafage-carved French feet. Natural wood finish, drawer fronts having suggestive "book-match" grained burl veneer.
dressers (cupboards)
Chest of Drawers
Dresser
Dresser
This bed is part of a bedroom suite that was made by Louis Cole (1910-1977) for his sister, Sara Cohen Fechtor (1904-1992). Mr. Cole made the furniture while he was working for the National Furniture Company in Dorchester, MA during the 1930-1940s. Mr. Cole eventually moved to Las Vegas to make gaming tables for the booming gambling industry. The bedroom suite was used by Sara Cohen Fechtor while she live in Boston and she took the furniture with her when she moved to California. When Sarah Cohen Fechtor died in 1992, her son, Sheldon Fechtor, had the furniture shipped back to Boston.
The National Furniture Company was founded in 1897 by H.J. Brown and L.I. Smith. The original location was 75-77 Leverett Street, Boston. The Company was located at the 612 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester address from 1936-1937. In 1938 the company moved to 40 Lancaster Street, Boston.
"ITEM / NO. 528 / Mayflower" (Paper Label)
Fechtor, Sara Cohen, 1904-1992
3113
Cole, Louis (Maker)
National Furniture Company (Manufacturer)
Dorchester, MA; Boston, MA
50 x 37 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Sheldon and Marjorie Fechtor
2007.17.2
Title 8 Accession Number 2007.17.1
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