Chest of Drawers
Unidentified Artist

Details
Title
Chest of Drawers
Artist/Maker
Unidentified Maker, Hatfield, Massachusetts
Date
ca. 1690–1710
Medium
Pine, oak, and maple
Dimensions
44 x 44 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from a supporter of the Museum
Accession #
1978.1000.7
On View
Currently not on view
The earliest furniture produced in the American colonies closely followed the construction and decoration of furniture built in England near the end of the seventeenth century and showed a direct transmission of style and technique. The way furniture was made and how it looked had not changed significantly for several hundred years by the time this chest was constructed. Probably made as a wedding gift, this chest would have looked comfortably familiar to a colonial bride and groom.
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