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Dower Chest

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dower Chest, ca. 1780, Yellow pine

Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Yellow pine
Dimensions: 24 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. (62.2 x 133.4 x 59.1 cm)
Form: Case Piece
Origin: United States
Culture: American
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 34.100.8
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1933

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