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Chest-on-frame

1670–1700
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 708
What purpose this small lift-top chest with a drawer on high legs was intended to serve is not entirely clear. It may have been what is designated in period inventories as a “chamber table,” used in a bedroom as a washstand or possibly to store chamber pots.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chest-on-frame
  • Date: 1670–1700
  • Geography: Made in Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: White oak, yellow pine, white pine, poplar, maple
  • Dimensions: 35 5/8 x 26 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (90.5 x 67.3 x 46 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. Woodhull Overton, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.209
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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