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Chest on chest

Collection Type

  • Furniture

GUSN

GUSN-171120

Description

Mahogany, Chippendale style bonnet-top chest on chest. Ten drawers with brass handles. Broken pediment top with three finials. Claw and ball feet and fluted pillasters on corners.

Details

Descriptive Terms

high chests of drawers
case furniture
mahogany (wood)
brass (alloy)
Chippendale
Chest Of Drawers

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD338a

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

88 x 38 x 18 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2338

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