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1775-1810
GUSN-25576
Chest. Painted pine. Six-board rectangular chest with dovetailed construction. Hinged lid with molded edge; cleats inside each end. Three-sided handles on each end with hole to accomodate rope handle. Interior fitted with a three-part compartment at each side. "T. Colman" in chalk script inside lid. Traces of old dark green paint; now sea green overall.
chests (case furniture)
case furniture
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
CHEST
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
15 1/4 x 44 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.85
Massachusetts (United States)
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