Tool Chest
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
name: label: associated user
content: Pirie, W.
label: associated user
content: Woods, C.
notes: label: Description
content: This green painted pine tool chest was used to store stone carving tools. It has dovetailing and skirting details, a strap-hinged lid and interior compartments which are covered in residue from red chalk. Red chalk is traditionally associated with stone cutters.
label: Description
content: There are also black painted metal parts, iron banding around the lid and skirt, recessed handles at both ends and a hasp (covering the original mortised lock). At the bottom of the chest, the name ‘W. PIRIE’ is stenciled. There are also leather tool loops inside the lid which are significantly newer than the chest itself.
label: Description
content: This chest held tools used by W. Pirie and then later by C. Woods, and they all date from the 19th century.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Olde Country Store of Witmer, PA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1265.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.1265
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1265.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tool Chest
label: Other Terms
content: Tool Chest; Holding & Gripping Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, pine (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: painted (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34.3 cm x 66 cm x 52 cm; 13 1/2 in x 26 in x 20 1/2 in