So local cabinetmakers rose to the occasion and the result was a specialized piece of furniture , the sugar chest. this type of chest was built throughout the south , most notably in central kentucky and middle tennessee. an increased availability of sugar, along with a decline in price, reduced the need to safeguard the commodity.. Are cellarets from the east coast and sugar chests from kentucky? by. p.e. collie . this article examines cellarets and sugar chests, the historical contents and functions of the two furniture forms, and theorizes on the reasons for the seemingly disparate, geographic prevalence of the two forms.. The dovetail profile and other cabinetmaking characteristics of this sugar chest suggest a rural cabinetmaker interpretation of a federal hepplewhite sugar chest form. condition - top molding is a 20th century replacement, medial molding is probably a 19th century replacement..
What others are saying "close up of the open, wooden sugar chest. in the middle a shapeless sugar loaf. the end result is a sugar cube." "swedish sugar chest, late 18th century transforming sugar into bite-size form is a technical challenge.. The sugar chest -- a large wooden box, sometimes on a floor-standing base -- was a popular furniture form in the southern united states in the 18th and 19th centuries.. The lumber for this sugar chest was taken from a 46-in.-dia. cherry tree cut from the historic grassmere plantation in davidson county, tenn., after the property was converted to a wildlife park. baker based the design on the traditional tennessee sugar chests from the civil war era, which were made.
