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Chest of Drawers

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-44433

Description

Bowfront, four drawers; French feet; shaped skirt; string inlaid drawer fronts with cock beading.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests of drawers
case furniture
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
Norway spruce (wood)
Federal
Chest of Drawers
Chest of Drawers

Additional Identification Number

3.1983

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 x 39 1/4 x 22 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1987.1430

Reference Notes

Wesselman, Linda J. and Martha D. Hamilton. Earliest Recollections: Furnishings from the Family of Edwin B. Sears. Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1984.

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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