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Blanket Chest

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1710-1750

GUSN

GUSN-2735

Description

Pine blanket chest, painted green, with carved feet. The top hinges open and there are two drawers with wooden pulls at the bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blanket chests
case furniture
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Chest
Chest

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 16 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1177

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