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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 1543895, member: 5066&quot;]This piece at the MET which they term &quot;Chest on Frame&quot;, that is technically correct however, what the heck did they use this for?</p><p>No one knows for sure, it&#039;s one of the mysteries of old furniture yet to be solved. One thing i am pretty damn sure of though, it ain&#039;t no sugar chest!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what the MET says about their chest</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Chest-on-frame1670–1700</b></font></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=American&amp;perPage=20&amp;sortBy=Relevance&amp;offset=0&amp;pageSize=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=American&amp;perPage=20&amp;sortBy=Relevance&amp;offset=0&amp;pageSize=0" rel="nofollow">American</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What purpose this small lift-top chest with a drawer on high legs was intended to serve is not entirely clear. It may have been what is designated in period inventories as a “chamber table,” used in a bedroom as a washstand or possibly to store chamber pots.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]228414[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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