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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF800

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

81 7/8 × 40 × 20 1/2 in. (207.963 × 101.6 × 52.07 cm)

Date

1755–1785

Current location

Worcester Art Museum

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); yellow poplar, pine, chestnut, and maple (secondary)

Provenance

Partial gift of the son and daughters of Rebecca Wilder White to the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1986

Bibliography

Eleanor H. Gustafson, "Museum Accessions," Antiques 131, no. 5 (May 1987): 980.