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Chest of Drawers

1825-1835
Artist/maker unknown, American, Pennsylvania German
Furniture painted with this decoration is known as “Schwaben Creek” in reference to the area where it was made. The Schwaben Creek runs along the border of Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania, north of Harrisburg.

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