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Pine blanket chest, with a rectangular lid with molded edge and cleats on a case with a single long drawer with turned wood pulls. On raised, shaped "bootjack" ends and shaped front apron. Grain-painted in yellow and brown-red to simulate pine. Drawer edge painted to simulate inlay.
blanket chests
case furniture
graining
dovetail joints
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Iron
Dovetail
Painted
Grain painted
Chest, Blanket
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
grai
Unknown
33 1/2 x 39 x 19 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.930
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