Chest of Drawers

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Chest of Drawers

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2013

Description

Federal mahogany chest of drawers with bow front, four drawers, oval brass drawer pulls, double ogee bracket feet, keyhole locks on each drawer, and molded top.

Made/Created

Date made

1785 - 1815

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Dimensions

Height

37-1/4 in

Width

42-3/4 in

Depth

19-1/4 in

Material

Mahogany

Provenance

Notes

Donated by the Folke and Long Institute, October 19, 1960. According to GHS True Accession Book, "Bow front Hepplewhite, foot missing."