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Chest

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1775-1810

GUSN

GUSN-25578

Description

Rectangular six-board chest. Painted mustard-ochre color. Hinged flat lid with applied molded edge. Applied basal molding. Dovetailed construction.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests (case furniture)
case furniture
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
CHEST

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 1/3 x 18 1/3 x 35 1/3 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.87

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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