American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Case Piece
Chest front
Maker unknown · 16th century
Medium
Carved wood
Dimensions
10 × 51 in. (25.4 × 129.5 cm)
Accession
06.93
Credit line
Gift of Edward Mamelsdorf, 1906
Culture
Italian, Bologna
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