Joined chest with drawer
John Thurston
(1607–1685)
1660–85
Object PlaceDedham or Medfield, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueRed oak, hard pine
Dimensions79.7 x 119.6 x 53.3 cm (31 3/8 x 47 3/4 x 21 in.) (all dimensions without lid)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number1984.87
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceProbably first belonged to a member of the Metcalfe family of Dedham, Massachusetts, perhaps to Thomas Metcalfe (1629-1702); descended through a marriage of one of Thomas's great-granddaughters to an ancestor of a private collector in the twentieth century; purchased by the Museum in 1984.
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