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Montgomery County, Kentucky, Sugar Chest 

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Montgomery County, Kentucky, Sugar Chest 

Montgomery County, Kentucky, ca 1800, a sugar chest in cherry with poplar secondary, the fold-back lid with reeded edge opening to fitted interior of three drawers over two deep divided bins under a slide, the bin over a cockbeaded drawer with diamond escutcheons, all rising on reeded legs with mushroom feet; ht. 36.5, wd. 32.25, dp. 18.75 in.
Exhibited: University of Kentucky Art Museum, "With Joy and Wonder: Antebellum Taste in the Bluegrass," October 4 - November 29, 1992.
J. B. Speed Museum, "For Safekeeping: The Kentucky Sugar Chest 1790-1850", October 9-December 2, 2007. 

Provenance: Property of Caswell and Sara Lane

Age cracks to front.

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