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Press cupboard
1650–1700
Object Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Red oak, white pine, white cedar, maple (by micro analysis)
Dimensions
147.16 x 127.63 x 60.32 cm (57 15/16 x 50 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number32.258
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
This cupboard descended in the Alden family of Duxbury. Characteristic of furniture from this area, it features serrated (sawtooth) moldings, gouged-line ornament, spindles, and applied moldings in a diamond pattern. Cupboards held textiles and other goods, in its compartments and lower drawers, while objects of silver, glass, and ceramic were displayed proudly on its top.
Catalogue Raisonné
Randall 19
Provenance1932, bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler (b. 1863 - d. 1931), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 1, 1932)
There is a note attached to the back of a drawer stating "This cabinet came over in the Ship May Flower in 1620 / Albert Alden".
There is a note attached to the back of a drawer stating "This cabinet came over in the Ship May Flower in 1620 / Albert Alden".