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Chest of drawers

Object number

RIF2558

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

35 × 39 in. (88.9 × 99.06 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Mrs. Giles Whiting (née Flora Ettlinger, 1881–1971), New York; consigned by her estate to Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 14-15 and 21-22, 1972, lot 568

Associated names

Flora Ettlinger Whiting
Sotheby Parke Bernet

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Furniture: Property from the Estate of the Late Mrs. Giles Whiting, New York, sale cat. (April 14–15, 21–22, 1972), 88, lot 568, ill.