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Blanket Chest
- Culture: American
- Maker: Max Kuehne, born 1880
- Medium: Pine, gesso, lacquer
- Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
- Dates: ca. 1921
- Dimensions: 21 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (54 x 113 x 49.5 cm)
- Markings: On underside of lid, under couch: "Max Kuehne 1921"
- Signature: no signature
- Inscriptions: no iscruptions
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 67.271.1
- Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
- Image: Overall, 67.271.1_bw_IMLS.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 7/30/1968
- Catalogue Description: Rectangular, pine blanket chest with top hinged at back; molded top and base, bun feet. Top and four sides plus underside of top gessoed and scratch-carved, with polychrome scenes depicting Indians hunting game; exotic animals in background. Scene on underside of lid depicts arcade of palm trees flanked on left by seated figure and sword-bearing guards; on right by men in conversation; swords on couch. Interior has tray (removable) on top. CONDITION: Good, about six chips in gesso in lower right quadrant of top.
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