Chest

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Collection Type

Furniture

Date

1790-1850

GUSN

GUSN-4062

Description

Chest with two drawers, hinged lid and new base; new wood knobs on drawers; thumbnail molding around four sides of lid.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests (case furniture)
case furniture
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
CHEST

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

42.75 x 41.5 x 17.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.369

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