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Domed top Box

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Date

1830-1840

GUSN

GUSN-11079

Description

Large, dome-top box/trunk with brown graining over red; yellow swags and striping on face and sides of chestnut (top and bottom) with pine sides; split top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
chestnut (wood)
graining
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
pine (wood)
chestnut (wood)
pine (wood)
Chestnut
Pine
Painted
BOX

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15 x 27.75 x 15 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.432

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