Joined chest
John Houghton
(American, 1624–1684)
about 1645–84
Object PlaceDedham, Lancaster, or Charlestown, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueOak, pine (replaced lid)
DimensionsOverall: 66 x 106 x 45.1 cm (26 x 41 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.) Dimensions without lid. Dimensions including replaced lid: H. 28 in.; W. 44 in., D. 19 in.
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund and funds donated anonymously
Accession number1978.55
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1978 John Walton, Inc., Griswold, CT; 1978, sold by John Walton, Inc. to the MFA. (Accession date: February 16, 1978)
1790–1800
1710–1730
about 1795–10
