Dresser Box item #8FA 502

This is Maude Beadimore's dresser box. She was born in Connecticut in 1890 and her family later moved to Mt Holly, Vermont. Maude hand carved and hand painted this dresser box in 1906 when she was then 16 years old. She inscribed her initials and the date on the center front of the piece and she wrote her first name only on the bottom. It was once common for a young woman to make such things for her hope chest. It measures approximately 31.75 inches long, 5.5 inches deep and 3.38 inches high. Maude went on to have a very rich and full life in Vermont with several children and many grand and great grand children all of whom apparently didn't want her beautiful hand made dresser box.

$385.00