18th Century Blanket Chest at Daniel Boone Homestead
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on 18th Century Blanket Chest at Daniel Boone Homestead Although its maker and country of origin have been obscured by the passage of time, one fact is clear: a decorated blanket chest, dated 1785, at the Daniel Boone Homestead, near Birdsboro, Berks County, is a highly important example of eighteenth-century rural Pennsylvania German furniture. The blanket chest was a hallmark of early Pennsylvania Germans, who used it for storage, unlike the...read more