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Joined chest with drawer
John Thurston (1607–1685)
1660–85
Object Place: Dedham or Medfield, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Red oak, hard pine
Dimensions
79.7 x 119.6 x 53.3 cm (31 3/8 x 47 3/4 x 21 in.) (all dimensions without lid)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number1984.87
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
ProvenanceProbably first belonged to a member of the Metcalfe family of Dedham, Massachusetts, perhaps to Thomas Metcalfe (1629-1702); descended through a marriage of one of Thomas's great-granddaughters to an ancestor of a private collector in the twentieth century; purchased by the Museum in 1984.