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Hadley Chest

Hadley Chest, between 1709 and 1732

  • American

Pine and oak

  • Overall: 45 × 20 1/2 × 30 inches (114.3 × 52.1 × 76.2 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford

28.44

Department

American Art before 1950

Details

Carved, in center of chest: SM

Sarah Moody

Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford

1928-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bulletin of the DIA 9, 8 (1928): p. 101 (ill.). Luther, C.F. The Hadley Chest. CT, 1935, no. 57.

American, Hadley Chest, between 1709 and 1732, pine and oak. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 28.44.

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