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Board chest with drawer

1702
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueYellow pine
Dimensions80.64 x 125.73 x 41.59 cm (31 3/4 x 49 1/2 x 16 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession number32.220
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ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsThe front board is carved at the top with the date "1702" above the initials "RG."
ProvenanceThis chest bears the initials "RG," probably for its original, unknown, owner; subsequent history unklnown until acquired by the collector Charles Hitchcock Tyler; 1928, lent by Charles Hitchcock Tyler, October 3, 1928; 1932, included in his bequest to the Museum (Accession Date September 1, 1932)
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