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From: Copake Auction Inc., September 12, 2009 Catalogued Americana Auction, Lot #67 Highboy, http://www.copakeauction.com (accessed September 21, 2009)
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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF4542

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

66 1/2 × 38 × 19 3/4 in. (168.91 × 96.52 × 50.165 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Maple (primary); pine (secondary)

Provenance

Copake Auction Inc., Copake, New York, September 21, 2009, lot 67

Associated names

Copake Auction, Inc.

Bibliography

"Copake Auction, Inc., advertisement," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (September 11, 2009): 96, ill.
"Highboy," http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=9570&weventitemid=3401745&wmaingroupid=0&wcatmastid=0&inventorytype=&mindate=19900101&maxdate=20501231&keyword=&lotsortorder=lotnumasc&pagenum=2&action=&lang=En (accessed September 21, 2009), lot 67.
"Primitive Portrait of Child Performs at Copake Auction," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (October 16, 2009): 4, ill.