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Chest with drawers

1670–1700
Not on view
Most surviving joined chests with drawers from New England date to the late seventeenth century. Although the pair of large square panels at the top gives the appearance of cupboard doors, this chest actually has a lift-top opening to a deep well for storing linens and two shallower double-paneled drawers below for keeping smaller goods.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chest with drawers
  • Date: 1670–1700
  • Geography: Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Made in Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Red oak, yellow pine, hemlock, white pine, poplar
  • Dimensions: 36 x 36 1/2 x 21 in. (91.4 x 92.7 x 53.3 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
  • Object Number: 10.125.33
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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