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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1825-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2874

Description

Rectangular form, dome-top hinged lid on conforming case, overall sponge grained in amber and ochre in swirl pattern, iron clasp and lock plate painted black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trunks (containers)
case furniture
dovetail joints
graining
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Iron
Painted
Dovetail
CHEST

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10.5 x 24 x 11.875 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1335

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