Cupboard over drawers painted red-brown, Mount Lebanon, NY

ca. 1840

Object ID:

2015.1.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Single door cupboard over chest of drawers of white pine, basswood secondary. Frame and panel door with blind mortise and tenon joints. Brass butt hinges on door and a circular cast iron door latch. Drawers are finely dovetailed and fronts are lipped with a stopped round-over edge. Drawer depths are uniform. Commercial knobs on threaded tenons.

New York Mount Lebanon

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