Upholsterer's Chest, late 19th century

Needleworker Cabinet
This highly portable chest could easily be carried with one hand. Behind its altar-like inner doors is an array of turn-of-the-century pinups. Were they put here simply to ornament the chest? To claim private space? To invoke a female muse? To relieve the boredom of work? Or was this worker declaring that his workplace was male domain?



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