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Highchest Base

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1750-1780

GUSN

GUSN-54134

Description

One middle and two side drawers; cabriole legs; pad feet and tall disks; double-arched skirt in front center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

high chests of drawers
bases: furniture components
birch (wood)
graining
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Chippendale
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Queen Anne
Maple
Pine
Birch
Grained
Chippendale
Queen Anne
HIGHCHEST

Associated Building

Used At Merrell Tavern,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32.625 x 37.75 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mabel Choate

Accession Number

1945.536B

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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