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Case Piece · Brooklyn

Carved chest

Robert Laurent · Brooklyn · 1911

Medium
Black walnut, tulip poplar, plywood, and brass
Dimensions
67 × 57 × 21 in. (170.2 × 144.8 × 53.3 cm)
Accession
2019.186a–o
Credit line
Purchase, Ronald S. Kane Bequest, in memory of Berry B. Tracy, and Louis V. Bell Fund, 2019
Culture
American
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