Chest
- Object Name:
- Chest
- Object ID:
- 1995.602.03
- Date:
- 1790-1800
- Description:
- Blanket Chest. Six board style. Pine. Rhombus shaped with dovetail construction. Red stain. Lid attached with hand wrought pin hinges. Iron lock with lock plate, which is off lid in locked position. No evidence of an escutcheon. Inside has three compartments on left side which are stacked. Each are dovetailed. Top one is missing its lid. Second is a drawer missing its handle. Third is another lidded compartment with the lid able to slide out on runners which are attached to chest by hand wrought rose head nails. On lid there are chalk marks "C[ol]". Also chalk marks on inside of chest lid "4 Feet pine" and "St[e]__ S. M___d". Edges added to underside of lid ends attached with hand wrought rose head nails. Has no feet. Edge of lid on front an sides has concave molding. Paper label glued to rear corner with handwriting on it, but illegible. Red paint on back may be writing and goes most of the way across.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-17.75 W-46.25 D-17.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Provenance unknown. Name, "St[e]__ S. M___d" appears on underside of lid.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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