Chest

Object Name:

Chest

Object ID:

1999.040.123

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH (probably)

Date:

1920-1930

Description:

Blanket chest, with hinged lid. Pine wood. Lid attached with two brass hinges at the rear, plus one angle-bracket hinge on the side. Chest constructed with two pine boards on each side. Two bent nails on exterior of short end on left side; and two nail holes on right side angled in (perhaps these formed handles). Corner joints are bevelled, and nailed together. Additional support blocks added to interior at corners and screwed in place. Three support blocks have been added to interior of lid and screwed in place. Evidence of former gray paint. Has two pencil "X" marks on bottom. Bottom is also two pine planks. Several 1960 Laconia, NH, newspapers inside.

Material:

Wood
Pine
Brass
Metal

Dimensions:

H-15 W-57 D-17.5 inches

Provenance:

Part of the bedroom furniture used by Annalee Davis as a girl, when she lived with her grandparents on Center St. in Concord, N.H., mid-1920s to 1930s; Annalee and her mother and sisters moved in with her mother's parents (Ladd), after the death of Annalee's father. Annalee reminisced that her doll-making business began in that Concord bedroom, as she invited friend over to help her make dolls.

Credit Line:

Gift of Annalee Davis Thorndike

People:

Thorndike, Annalee (1915-2002)

Subjects:

Chests