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Chest
The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated 1690–1720. Recorded culture or place: America, Massachusetts, Connecticut River Valley (Hampshire county), late 17th - early 18th century.
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- Museum title
- Chest
- Date
- 1690–1720
- Culture / origin
- America, Massachusetts, Connecticut River Valley (Hampshire county), late 17th - early 18th century
- Materials and technique
- oak
- Dimensions
- Overall: 96.9 x 122.9 x 47.3 cm (38 1/8 x 48 3/8 x 18 5/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1915.569
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Lift-top storage chests with drawers are one of the most typical furniture forms of the 1700s. Although this chest was clearly made by someone far removed from more sophisticated English examples, its maker produced a distinctly energetic form. The carved decoration includes an intricate tulip-and-leaf pattern. The letters "AA" in the center of the blocks on either side of the central motif indicate the chest was probably made for a young woman with those initials.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust · CC0
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