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Adopt an Artifact: Chest of Drawers
Adopt an Artifact: Chest of Drawers
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The Skillin family were leading ship carvers and cabinetmakers in Boston during the last third of the eighteenth century; according to the donor, whose husband was a Skillin descendant, this chest was made for Mary Fowle, third wife of John Skillin (1746-1800), at the time of their marriage. The Skillin family lived in Portsmouth before moving to Boston, and during the Revolutionary War. John Skillin provided the figurehead for the Portsmouth-built America.
