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Chest of drawers

(1774–1833)
about 1800–10
Object Place for LabelPortsmouth, New Hampshire
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneer, eastern white pine
DimensionsOverall: 90.2 x 110.5 x 56.5 cm (35 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession number68.686
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsStamped "C. HARDY" (or parts thereof) at least fifteen times on back and interior of the drawers. Drawer blades and drawer backs marked in red pencil 1 through 4.
ProvenancePresumably owned originally by a Portsmouth-area resident named C. Hardy, possibly Charles Hardy, a tailor with a house on Parker Lane and a shop at the corner of High and Ladd streets in the tax lists ca. 1807-20; later history unknown until acquired by the donors; given to the Museum in 1986 (Accession Date October 9, 1986)
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