Chest with drawers
Unknown
1670–1700 · Red oak, yellow pine, hemlock, white pine, poplar · The American Wing
Most surviving joined chests with drawers from New England date to the late seventeenth century. Although the pair of large square panels at the top gives the appearance of cupboard doors, this chest actually has a lift-top opening to a deep well for storing linens and two shallower double-paneled drawers below for keeping smaller goods.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1670–1700
- Medium
- Red oak, yellow pine, hemlock, white pine, poplar
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
