Chest of twenty two drawers. Painted white, has a rectangular base with no feet, and pearled molding around the edges leading to the drawers. The bottom segment has two rows of drawers, three drawers per row. The top segment has eight rows of drawers, two drawers per row. The drawers in the top segment increase in size from top to bottom. Each drawer has a "c" shape handle attached with oval brasses. The top has an overhanging pediment formed from detailed molding.
chests of drawers
pine (wood)
paint (coating)
metal
Wood
Furniture
Chest Of Drawers
Unknown
72 x 56 1/2 x 18 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.954
1785-1800 (Circa)
Possibly South Berwick (York county, Maine)
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