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Chest with drawers

about 1840–60
Object PlaceProbably New York state, United States
Medium/TechniquePainted pine; brass
DimensionsOverall: 72.4 x 110.5 x 47cm (28 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 18 1/2in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture and Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession number1982.400
On View
On view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBought in 1940 in York County by Olive Lewis of Twin Silos Farm, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Purchased from O. Lewis by G. W. Samaha, Antiques.
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Robert Crosman
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1800–10
Aaron Willard
1790–1800
Restricted: For reference only
Herter Brothers
about 1880
Chest of drawers
third quarter of 17th century
High-post bedstead
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Paul T. Frankl
about 1927–1928
about 1830
Charles M. Domett
about 1810–30