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Chest. Wood, metal, glaze. Rectangular box form with hinged, flat lid. Composed of various pieces of wood. All wooden parts of piece rained except top. Reddish-brown glaze over yellow-ochre basework matches graining seen throughout the Coffin House kitchen.
chests (case furniture)
case furniture
metal
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Metal
CHEST
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
23 x 24 x 17 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.243
Massachusetts (United States)
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