Chest

Object Name:

Chest

Object ID:

1995.543

Date:

1750-1780

Description:

Blanket chest over drawers. Pine. Painted red-brown, except top which is reddish gray. Case is board construction with wooden planks nailed together with square nails. Blanket chest has lid, which is attached with wrought iron pin hinges and has an iron lock attached with hand wrought nails (escutcheon missing). Top board has applied ogee molding. On right hand side of blanket chest well is a compartment with a lid that swings open (possibly ash wood). Brass escutcheon found inside compartment; Fragment of black cloth in left corner of well.
Below blanket chest are two drawers. Drawers are dovetail construction with hand wrought nails at back of bottom. Upper drawer is 10" in height and lower drawer is 11.875". Drawer fronts have concave molded edges that are higher and wider than drawers. Upper drawer is cracked on left hand runner and has an iron lock, a brass escutcheon (replacement) and pendent ring drawer pulls (replacements). Lower drawer has an original iron lock, brass escutcheon (replacement) and one pendent ring pull (replacement). The drawer separators are dovetailed in and drawer rests are nailed in with hand wrought nails.
Case side boards extend below case to form feet; pointed arch cut outs between feet. Front of chest has a skirt with ogee shaped ends and a semicircular pendant in the middle, with a heart-shaped cut out. Skirt is supported with glue blocks. Rear of case has arched shaped skirt.
Back of case made with three horizontal pine panels all attached by hand wrought nails. Seems to be writing in red paint (perhaps painted loops rather than writing). Incised hatch marks made in vicinity of hand wrought pin hinges. There is a bottom board present.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-47.125 W-37.75 D-18.5 inches

Provenance:

Unknown.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection