Chest of drawers, Attributed to The Symonds Shop Tradition, 1675–1700


Chest of drawers, 1675–1700, Probably made in Salem, Massachusetts, United States, American, Red oak, walnut, cedar, maple, white pine, 43 x 46 x 21 in. ( x x cm), Furniture, Attributed to The Symonds Shop Tradition, By the 1670s, the chest-of-drawers form, first made in Boston, had spread to neighboring Massachusetts port towns. Within the architectural framework of this chest, this is an intricate play of geometric shapes created by applied mitered moldings that oppose and echo one another


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