Drawer, Furniture
- Object Name:
- Drawer, Furniture
- Object ID:
- 1962.003
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1871
- Description:
- Drawers to safe (1982.023), used by Abbot-Downing Company, South Main Street, Concord, NH. Four drawers with bird's-eye maple veneer fronts. Cast metal drawer pulls, painted black, each marked "PATD / AUG 8 / 1871" on inside. Each drawer has a lock.
- Material:
- Wood
Maple - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 W-10.4 D-9.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Drawers were used in NHHS workshop for storage purposes until reunited in 1982 with safe donated that year (1982.023). When safe was found, it contained blueprints and records of the Abbot-Downing Company, which were also given to NHHS. Sears Roebuck was using the old Abbot-Downing Company building as their automotive center.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sears Roebuck Company
- Subjects:
- Safes, Drawers (Furniture components)
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