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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1700-1750

GUSN

GUSN-2595

Description

Rectangular overhanging molded and cotter-pen hinged lid on conforming box with molded base rasied on four ball feet; the lid has cleats; exterior is painted red.

Details

Descriptive Terms

storage boxes
case furniture
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
BOX, STORAGE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11.5 x 19.75 x 12.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.812

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