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Blanket Chest

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1780-1825

GUSN

GUSN-3986

Description

Rectangular blanket chest over drawer; ogee cutout skirt on sides and front with bracket feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

blanket chests
case furniture
oak (wood)
pine (wood)
ash (wood)
pine (wood)
Ash
Oak
Pine
CHEST, BLANKET

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31.313 x 40.813 x 19.938 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.306

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