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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF2430

Maker

Maker Unknown
Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723?1785

Dimensions

Height: 87 in. (220.98 cm) Width: 38 3/4 in. (98.425 cm)

Date

1750–70

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Possibly made in Providence, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple

Style

Queen Anne

Provenance

From an old house in Providence, Rhode Island. Blin W. Page, Skowhegan, Maine; consigned to Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, January 26–27, 1945, lot 281

Associated names

Blin W. Page
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

Bibliography

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, New England Furniture and Decorations (1680-1820): Property of Blin W. Page, Skowhegan, Maine, sale cat. (January 26–27, 1945), 104–5, lot 281, ill.
Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1950), 182, ill.