Decorative arts
Six-board Chest
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- Date
- early 19th century
- Accession number
- L2015.41.86
- Maker
- Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
- Dimensions
- 25 x 42 1/2 x 18 in. (63.5 x 108 x 45.7 cm.)
- Medium
- pine and paint
- Description
- Paint decorated pine, six-board chest; possibly New York state; with a lift-top lettered "E.M.S."; applied motif above the cutout feet, old grain-painted surface in brown and dark yellow, with green swags above. On the underside of the top is carved "Cyrus Sherwood 1825" and further inscribed with the same name.
- Credit
- Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
- Department
