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Chest of drawers

Chest of drawers

1780–1800
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneer, white pine
DimensionsOverall: 81.9 x 104.8 x 54.9 cm (32 1/4 x 41 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Pauline Revere Thayer
Accession number35.1844
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ClassificationsFurniture
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InscriptionsThere was a long scratched eighteenth-century inscription on the bottom of the third drawer, of whicch only the last word, "Boston," is now legible.
ProvenanceBelonged to Paul Revere (1735-1818) and descended in his family; Lent by Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer July 30, 1930; 1935, given by Mrs. Thayer (Accession Date December 5, 1935)