High chest of drawers
1730–60
Object PlaceSalem, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, walnut veneer, maple, eastern white pine
DimensionsOverall: 175.3 x 93.3 x 57.2 cm (69 x 36 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Nancy Thayer Batchelder
Accession number1996.138
ClassificationsFurniture
InscriptionsBrasses, probably original, are stamped "JG" on reverse. There are small numbers in pencil near the brasses on the inside of the drawer fronts, probably modern and used as markers when brasses were removed for cleaning and replaced.
The proper right drawer in the lower case id numbered "I" on the back of the drawer back, and the proper left drawer is similarly numbered "II." There is no number on the middle drawer.
In the upper case, the drawers are numbered in the inside face of the drawer back as follows: two small drawers at top, "2" and "3"; second drawer from top, "I / 4"; third drawer from top, "II / 5"; and lowest drawer, "6"ProvenanceBy tradition, Hodges family of Salem; possibly Lincoln R. Stone, M.D.; Laurence Batchelder; to his wife Nancy Thayer Batchelder (d. Sept 19, 1995); 1996, Bequest of Nancy Thayer Batchelder (Accession Date June 26, 1996)
