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Chest of Drawers

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1805

GUSN

GUSN-2085

Description

Chest-on-frame. Hard and soft maple with white pine secondary wood. Cyma and c-scroll-carved skirt. Flared, flat top cornice. Rests on cabriole legs that terminate in pad feet. Replaced brass hardware. Original steel lock in third from bottom drawer.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests of drawers
case furniture
maple (wood)
silver maple (wood)
Norway spruce (wood)
Queen Anne
Chest Of Drawers

Maker

Attributed to Dunlap School (Maker)

Location of Origin

NH, USA

Dimensions

58 x 40 x 19 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Accession Number

1952.84

Reference Notes

Jobe, Brock and Myrna Kaye. New England Furniture: The Colonial Era. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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