Box, 1660–85, Possibly made in Medfield, Massachusetts, United States; Possibly made in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States, American, White oak, red oak, yellow pine, 9 1/2 x 26 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. (24.1 x 67.6 x 39.4 cm), Furniture, Attributed to John Thurston (1607–1685), Small, rectangular oak boxes with hinged lids were common in seventeenth-century households, where they held important items such as documents, writing implements, books, jewelry, and currency. Like chests with carved decoration, boxes displayed a vocabulary of stylized plant forms and simple geometric shapes
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Box, 1660–85, Medfield, Massachusetts, United States, Dedham, American, White oak, red, yellow pine, 9 1/2 x 26 5/8 15 1/2, 24.1 67.6 39.4 cm, Furniture, Attributed to John Thurston, 1607–1685, Small, rectangular oak boxes, hinged lids, common, seventeenth-century households, held important, items, documents, writing implements, books, jewelry, currency, chests, carved decoration, boxes displayed, vocabulary, stylized plant, forms, simple geometric, shapes
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