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Blanket Chest

American
18th century

The Stephens family could have used a wood blanket chest to store linens in the small bedrooms. Soldiers generally used more portable storage, while officers carried portmanteaus to hold their clothes and other necessitites.

Wood, iron. W 110.8, H 54, D 50.8 cm
Valley Forge National Historical Park, VAFO 1924

On loan from the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution