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High Base Chest of Drawers

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1740-1760

GUSN

GUSN-4349

Description

Bottom of Queen Anne High Chest rests on four cabriole legs with human boot feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

high chests of drawers
case furniture
appliqué (technique)
brass (alloy)
carving (processes)
chestnut (wood)
maple (wood)
chestnut (wood)
maple (wood)
Queen Anne
Chestnut
Brass
Maple
Applied
Carved
Queen Anne
CHEST OF DRAWERS, HIGH BASE

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 x 38.625 x 21.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.211

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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