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Chest, c. 1700, oak and pine
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Case Piece · America

Chest

Maker unknown · America · c. 1700

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).

— Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue text
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.)
Accession
1984.161
Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Culture
America, Massachusetts, perhaps Salem, 18th century

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