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Culture:American
Title:chest of drawers
Date Made:1765-1790
Type:Furniture
Materials:wood mahogany, white pine; base metal: brass
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Boston area
Measurements:overall: 30 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.; 77.47 x 90.17 x 52.07 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1198
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Block-front chest of drawers in mahogany. Blocking refers to the raised and recessed profile of the panels on the case facade. The carving of the panels, which are normally cut out from the solid wood of the drawer fronts, requires time and consumes much wood, both of which mean considerable expense to the buyer. Blocked furniture was produced almost exclusively in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, with some of the best pieces done in Boston and Newport, often by immigrant craftsmen from England and the continent. The taste for blocking contined in New England long after it had gone out of style in Europe. The rectangular, conforming top has a molded edge; over four graduated, flattened blockfront drawers with old but not original brasses; over a molded base with shaped bracket feet.

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