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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF3300

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

71 × 36 × 20 1/2 in. (180.34 × 91.44 × 52.07 cm)

Date

1750–70

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Maple (primary); chestnut (secondary)

Provenance

James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine (sale held Rockport, Maine), August 28–30, 2007

Associated names

James D. Julia

Notes

The attribution to Rhode Island in the sale catalogue is based in part on the construction of the lower case where the sides are dovetailed together and the legs are glued in place as well as the use of chestnut as the secondary wood.

Bibliography

"Julia's Samoset Auction Could Fetch $5 Million Aug. 28–30," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (August 10, 2007): 73, ill.