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Chest of Drawers

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1764-1780

GUSN

GUSN-63342

Description

Four drawers; Ogee molding top and base; Central drop; Original brass hardware.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests of drawers
case furniture
mahogany (wood)
Norway spruce (wood)
Chippendale
Chippendale
Mahogany
Pine
Chest Of Drawers

Associated Person

Barrett, Charles, 1740-1808

Associated Building

Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

30.25 x 34 x 21.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Caroline Barr Wade

Accession Number

1955.400

Reference Notes

Jobe, Brock and Myrna Kaye. New England Furniture: The Colonial Era. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

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