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Source Description
This lift-top chest, with its decorative panels defined by moldings, may be associated with furniture made by John Symonds and his sons of Salem, Massachusetts. The thin, "split spindle" decorations are made by gluing two separate pieces of wood together and then splitting them after turning (shaping on a lathe).
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151835
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Chest
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object
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1
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151835
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object
title
Chest
description
This lift-top chest, with its decorative panels defined by moldings, may be associated with furniture made by John Symonds and his sons of Salem, Massachusetts. The thin, "split spindle" decorations are made by gluing two separate pieces of wood together and then splitting them after turning (shaping on a lathe).
date
c. 1700
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60779131
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 77.5 x 115.3 x 53.7 cm (30 1/2 x 45 3/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
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America, Massachusetts, perhaps Salem, 18th century
accession
1984.161
Source extras
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oak and pine
tombstone
Chest, c. 1700. America, Massachusetts, perhaps Salem, 18th century. Oak and pine; overall: 77.5 x 115.3 x 53.7 cm (30 1/2 x 45 3/8 x 21 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1984.161
collection
Furniture
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 201, no. 24; Reproduced: p. 182
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
galleryDonorText
Leigh and Mary Carter Gallery
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2026-05-29 07:50:25.793000
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151835
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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oak and pine
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photo
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