Chest, 1663–80, Made in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States, American, White oak, red oak, 29 3/4 x 49 1/8 x 21 3/8 in. (75.6 x 124.8 x 54.3 cm), Furniture, Possibly William Searle (died 1667), Thomas Dennis (1638–1706), The richest and most vigorous early colonial carving is that associated with the work of William Searle (1634–1667) and Thomas Dennis (1638–1706) of Ipswich. Paired leaves, with a naturalistic, three-dimensional quality rare in American furniture of the period, dominate the panels of this chest; the panels are carved in the popular seventeenth-century design of a stalk of flowers and leaves emerging from an urn, of which only the opening is indicated here
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Chest, 1663–80, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States, American, White oak, red, 29 3/4 x 49 1/8 21 3/8, 75.6 124.8 54.3 cm, Furniture, possibly, William Searle, died, 1667, Thomas Dennis, 1638–1706, richest, vigorous early, colonial, carving, associated, work, 1634–1667, Paired leaves, naturalistic, three-dimensional quality, rare, American furniture, period, dominate, panels, chest, carved, popular seventeenth-century, design, stalk, flowers, leaves, emerging, urn, opening, indicated
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