Dedham, Massachusetts Pilgrim century carved oak blanket chest, attributed to John Houghton, ca. 1675, the case with 3 panels with carved foliate decoration and molded surrounds supported by square legs, retaining a later ebonized surface, 27 1/4" h., 41" w.(lacking lid). For a similar example see Christies sale 1474, lot 323, and "Style and Structure in the Joinery of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts, 1635-1685" in American Furniture and its Makers: Winterthur Portfolio 13(Winterthur, 1979), pg. 10 by Robert Blair St. George.