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Chest of Drawers

Object Name:
Chest of Drawers
Object ID:
2025.059
Creator:
Chapman, David (1804-1839) -- Furniture Maker
Place of Origin:
Newmarket, NH
Date:
1836
Description:
Chest of drawers by David Chapman III (1804-1839), Newmarket, NH, 1836. Late Classical chest of drawers, mahogany veneer over a white pine substrate, two short drawers on a rectangular top surface, over four full drawers, the top drawer overhangs the lower three. The three lower drawers are flanked by turned columns and the whole chest is raised on tall turned feet. The underside of the overhanging drawer has an applied handwritten label: "Made by / David Chapman / December 1836 / Newmarket / NH."
Material:
Mahogany
Pine
Dimensions:
H-44 W-42.25 D-19.25 inches
Credit Line:
Gift of William W. Upton
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