Chest-on-frame, 1670–1700, Made in Massachusetts, United States, American, White oak, yellow pine, white pine, poplar, maple, 35 5/8 x 26 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (90.5 x 67.3 x 46 cm), Furniture, What purpose this small lift-top chest with a drawer on high legs was intended to serve is not entirely clear. It may have been what is designated in period inventories as a “chamber table,” used in a bedroom as a washstand or possibly to store chamber pots
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Chest, frame, 1670–1700, Massachusetts, United States, American, White oak, yellow pine, white, poplar, maple, 35 5/8 x 26 1/2 18 1/8, 90.5 67.3 46 cm, Furniture, purpose, small lift-top, chest, drawer, high legs, intended, serve, entirely clear, designated, period inventories, chamber table, bedroom, washstand, store chamber, pots
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