Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 2025.063
- Creator:
- Bliss and Horswill -- Cabinetmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Charlestown, NH
- Date:
- 1798
- Description:
- Chest of Drawers. Four-drawer, cherry with pine secondary wood made by Thomas Bliss (1767-1839) and John W. Horswill, Charlestown, NH, 1798. The drawers are graduated in size. The deeply overhanging top is attached directly to the sides of the case without a space above the upper drawer. There are fluted quarter columns on the sides with brass bases and no capitals on the top. The chest rests on bracket feet and each drawer has two brass pulls. Printed paper label in drawer, "Bliss and Horswill, / CABINET AND CHAIR MAKERS, / FROM BOSTON ... / Charlestown, N.H. January 22, 1798."
- Material:
- Cherry
Pine
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-35 W-41.125 D-21 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- Subjects:
- Furnishings, Furniture, Furniture industry
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