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Chest of Drawers

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1820

GUSN

GUSN-221787

Description

Five graduated drawers, the first blind, the others with brass pulls; side panels rabeted into a frame; drawers close flush with full dustboards; pilasters flank drawers, each iwth a stylized ionic capital and entabulature; all four feet with ring-turning and bold reeding over a ball; the back with two panels set in a frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests of drawers
Chest Of Drawers

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

39 1/2 x 40 1/4 x 22 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Susan Norton

Accession Number

1990.116

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