This miniature tall chest is inscribed “Made for Grandmother Peabody by her little friend Burnham in 1792. Cut out with a knife.” The piece of furniture is only six inches high, but is complete with a lift top and three working drawers set on tall cabriole legs. It came to Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts, from Bridgton, Maine.
Miniature Chest of Drawers. 1792. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1916-14-24/. Accessed on December 6, 2024.
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