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Miniature chest of drawers

Object number

RIF2467

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

23 × 25 1/2 × 15 in. (58.42 × 64.77 × 38.1 cm)

Date

1700–1720

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Style

William and Mary

Provenance

By descent in the Manchester and Elliott families, Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Mrs. Phyllis E. Allen, Manchester, Connecticut, before 1981; consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, April 29-30, May 1, 1981, lot 932

Associated names

Phyllis E. Allen
Manchester Family
Elliott Family
Sotheby Parke Bernet

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Fine American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, sale cat. (April 29–30 and May 1, 1981), lot 932, ill.
Christie's New York, New York, Important American Furniture, Outsider, and Folk Art, sale cat. (September 22, 2014), 14, fig. 1.