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High chest of drawers, 1740–60, Soft maple, including backboard of lower case; drawer fronts, moldings, soft maple with tige…
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Case Piece · Salem

High chest of drawers

Maker unknown · Salem · 1740–60

Medium
Soft maple, including backboard of lower case; drawer fronts, moldings, soft maple with tiger-maple grain; eastern white pine
Dimensions
78.1 x 42.2 x 20.2 in. (198.5 x 107.2 x 51.3 cm)
Accession
1966.63
Credit line
Mabel Brady Garvan and C. Sanford Bull, B.A. 1893, Collections, by exchange
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