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Chest of drawers

about 1795–10
Object PlaceBoston or Salem, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, pine, inlaid woods; brasses replaced
DimensionsOverall: 105 x 108 x 59.7 cm (41 5/16 x 42 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of S. Richard Fuller in memory of his wife, Lucy Derby Fuller
Accession number27.611
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ClassificationsFurniture
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InscriptionsDrawers numbered in pencil 1-4 respectively, on the underside of the drawer bottoms. In pencil, in 19th century hand, on outside of backboards: "S __________ Kittredge / Love (?) [or Lord] / Eliza L Horn" On underside of case bottom: "X X" in blue chalk
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to the Derby family of Salem, Mass.; 1927, Gift of R. Richard Fuller in memory of his wife, Lucy Derby Fuller (Accession Date November 3, 1927)