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Chest of Drawers

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1760-1780

GUSN

GUSN-244289

Description

Block front chest of four drawers; top molded with ogee and fillet edge; straight bracket feet. Mahogany with secondary woods of eastern white pine and soft maple.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests of drawers
mahogany (wood)
Chest Of Drawers

Associated Building

Associated With Governor John Langdon House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

30 11/16 x 34 3/4 x 21 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Woodbury (Elizabeth Elwyn) Langdon

Accession Number

1966.352

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)

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