SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Tea chest with tea caddies

Tea chest with tea caddies, ca. 1790, Cedar and oak veneered with maple, harewood, tulipwood, kingwood, satinwood, amaranth,…
Date
ca. 1790
Medium
Cedar and oak veneered with maple, harewood, tulipwood, kingwood, satinwood, amaranth, holly, and stained holly; foil lining
Dimensions
Overall (tea chest only): 8 1/4 × 12 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (21 × 32.4 × 19.1 cm)
Form
Case Piece
Culture
British
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession
64.101.1192–.1194a, b
Credit line
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
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