Sugar Chest

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CultureAmerican

Titles

Sugar Chest

Datec. 1820–1840

Made inKentucky, United States

MediumBlack cherry; yellow poplar, black cherry and brass

Dimensions35 1/2 × 32 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (90.2 × 82.6 × 47 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.75.8

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Kilroy Center

Exposé

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

FURNITURE

DescriptionLike tea, coffee, and spices, sugar was a extremely valuable commodity. Usually sold in tall, solid cones, from which a day's needs were chipped or scraped, and wrapped in red or blue paper, sugar was often kep in locked sugar chests, which were sometimes displayed in the sitting room.
Provenance[Tony & Bob’s Barrett House Antiques, West Chester, Ohio]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1966; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.

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