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Exhibitions: In and Out of Place

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Artist(s): anonymous
Title: Dower Chest
Date: 1793, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Dimensions: 26 1/2 in. x 50 1/2 in. (67.31 cm x 128.27 cm)
Medium: wood with polychrome decoration
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, bequest of Dr. Fred T. Murphy (PA 1893), 1958.49

This object is a member of the following groups (click any group name to view all objects in that group):

Exhibitions: In and Out of Place
Periods and Styles: Early America

Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Artistic Highlights of American History, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/10/1958 - 3/23/1958
Art in American History, Addison Gallery of American Art, 7/22/1962 - 10/28/1962
Boys and Girls, Men and Women, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/12/1990 - 6/10/1990
Presence of the Past: Decorative Arts at Phillips Academy, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/21/1995 - 3/19/1995
Masterworks from the Permanent Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/5/1995 - 12/17/1995
Conversations: A Collection in Dialogue, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/7/2003 - 7/31/2003
Art and Craft, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/30/2005 - 7/31/2005
[Permanent Collection 201-5], Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/12/2014 - 7/31/2014
Taking Shape: Sculpture at the Addison, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/17/2016 - 3/19/2017
In and Out of Place , Addison Gallery of American Art, 2/16/2019 - 7/31/2019

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