Shaker Blanket Chest with Drawer (1835–75)
A painted Shaker blanket chest with a lift lid over a single drawer, finished in a soft blue-green paint.
Shaker blanket chests combine a lidded well for bedding with a drawer below for smaller items. This one is painted in a muted blue-green, one of the colors the Shakers used for furniture, and stands on a simple cut-out base. It is a good model for a window seat, an end-of-bed bench or mudroom storage: a lift-up lid with a drawer underneath gives two kinds of storage in one compact unit.
Lift-lid storage bench or window seat with a drawer below, painted finish; Essential tier.
A custom version typically runs $45–$75 per sq ft, shipped finished.
- Style
- Shaker
- Element
- Cabinet Doors & Fronts
- Date
- 1835–75
- Maker or designer
- United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)
- Materials
- Pine
- Dimensions
- 29 1/8 x 38 3/4 x 19 in. (74 x 98.4 x 48.3 cm)
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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