Chest-on-frame
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
- 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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