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6-board chest

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-14261

Description

Six-board chest. Painted gray. Long rectangular box; single board top with cleat ends; box divided into two bins or sections.

Details

Descriptive Terms

board chests
case furniture
nailing
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Nailed
Painted
CHEST

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 x 59 x 20 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.268

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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