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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF3548

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

84 × 39 × 20 1/2 in. (213.36 × 99.06 × 52.07 cm)

Date

1755–1785

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary)

Provenance

Mrs. William Ellery (née Elizabeth Almy, died 1783), Newport, Rhode Island. Mrs. Charles E. Greenough, Salem, Massachusetts; by descent in her family; consigned to Skinner, Bolton, Massachusetts, February 24, 2001, lot 387

Associated names

Family of Mrs. Charles E. Greenough
Skinner, Inc.
Elizabeth Almy Ellery

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts: Featuring the Folk Art Collection of Milton Simpson, sale cat. (February 24, 2001), 56, lot 387, ill.