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New Haven Chest

New Haven Chest

17th-century wood chest from New Haven, CT. Gifted to Winterthur by a furniture restorer, and required cleaning, removal of old adhesive, consolidation, reconstruction, and fabrication of fill pieces.

Location:

Winterthur Museum, Furniture Lab

Material:

Oak, pine, various tropical woods for inlay and applied decoration.

Location, time Period:

New Haven CT, 17th-century

17th century New Haven Chest as received by furniture lab.
Creating cauls to match molding for glue-up.
Finished cauls to fit molding for glue-up.
Glue-up of molding using cauls.
Cleaning 17th century chest with Trion in water.
Replacement/fill piece on New Haven Chest, made of oak and pine.
17th century chest showing one side before and one side after cleaning and reattaching all loose pieces.