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Chest

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1690-1720

GUSN

GUSN-3291

Description

A chest with a flat top and molded edge with two short drawers over three long drawers. It has a molded base that is raised on four ball turned feet with quatrifoil brasslock plates and pierced floriform brass escuteons with brass drop drawer pulls (2 to each drawer). It is painted dark brown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests (case furniture)
case furniture
maple (wood)
maple (wood)
William and Mary
Maple
William and Mary
CHEST

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

RI

Dimensions

38 x 37 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1077

Places

Connecticut (United States)
Possibly

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