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From: Helen Comstock, "American Furniture in California," Antiques 65 (January 1954): 52
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Chest of drawers

Object number

RIF1764

Maker

Maker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33–1809
Maker Unknown

Date

1785–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Massachusetts, or made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany (primary); pine (drawer linings)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. S. Chesley Anderson, California, by 1954

Associated names

S. Chesley Anderson

Bibliography

Helen Comstock, "American Furniture in California," Antiques 65, no. 1 (January 1954): 57, fig. 19.