Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 2023.003
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- High chest of drawers, unknown cabinetmaker (Dunlap school). Maple, yellow birch, and eastern white pine. In two parts: top section with a fan-carved center drawer above four long drawers; bottom section with double blanket drawer above one fan-carved long drawer simulated as three. Original finish and brass hardware.
- Material:
- Maple
Birch
Pine
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-76.5 W-38.5 D-20.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended in the Wason family of Chester, NH, (apparently in the same house) for six generations, 1802-2012.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
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