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Settle

1700–50
Object PlaceSoutheastern Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWhite pine, oak
DimensionsOverall: 157.5 x 182.9 x 44.5 cm (62 x 72 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Marguerite A. Piret and Miriam Stoneman
Accession number1985.93
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsOn proper right upper corner of backboards in black crayon: "11th"
ProvenanceSaid to have "originally been in a Cape Cod house"; ca. 1956 or earlier, in the Pearson Tavern, Byfield, Mass.; 1956, purchased by the parents of Bruce Miller, who acquired the tavern and its antiques; 1982, in the collection of Bruce Miller, Boxford, Mass.; 1985, sold by Bruce Miller to the MFA. (Accession Date April 24, 1985)
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