Chest
date: label: date made
content: 1680 - 1700
notes: label: Description
content: Joined chest comprised of fourteen panels. Frame and façade is made of five panels of oak with the end and rear five panels made in cedar or pine. Embellishment to front and ends of channel molding on stiles muttins, and upper and lower rails, with chamfering on stiles and rails where they abut the panels, ending in lamb’s tongue on stiles and upper rails. Interior rear top rail, rear and end muttins embellished with channel molding. Lid possibly made of pine, with thumbnail edge, cleats, modern mid brace and lock staple and plate. Traces of former snipe hinges on lid and rear top rail, current hinges are modern. Oval metal escutcheon at keyhole. Traces of missing till at left end. Legs are a continuation of stiles. Exterior green surfaces bears traces of paint overall, also cream, brown, and red.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Scituate
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Marshfield
topic: label: Subject
content: Furniture
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388059
label: catalog number
content: 388059
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chest
label: Object Name
content: chest
label: Other Terms
content: Chest; Furniture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oak (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pine (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)