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Chest of Drawers

Collection Type

  • Furniture

GUSN

GUSN-50109

Description

Three drawers with wooden knobs, overhanging upper drawer, foliate carved scroll stiles, flattened ball feet

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests of drawers
case furniture
tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)
eastern white pine (wood)
chestnut (wood)
Empire (style)
Chest Of Drawers

Inscription

"Jame- / John Mc [Goes off side of drawer]/John/ Boston"

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, New England

Dimensions

41.5 x 45.5 x 22.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Eleanor Clarke Bowser

Accession Number

1982.61A

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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