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Chest

Chest, c. 1700, oak and pine
Date
c. 1700
Medium
oak and pine
Dimensions
Overall: 77.5 x 115.3 x 53.7 cm (30 1/2 x 45 3/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Form
Case Piece
Origin
America
Culture
America, Massachusetts, perhaps Salem, 18th century
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
1984.161
Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
This lift-top chest, with its decorative panels defined by moldings, may be associated with furniture made by John Symonds and his sons of Salem, Massachusetts. The thin, "split spindle" decorations are made by gluing two separate pieces of wood together and then splitting them after turning (shaping on a lathe).
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