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Chest of drawers

Object number

RIF4630

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

41 3/4 × 38 × 18 1/2 in. (106.045 × 96.52 × 46.99 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Marks

None

Inscriptions

"B" through "E," in chalk, on exterior backs of drawers

Provenance

Christie's, New York, January 18 and 19, 2002, lot 416

Associated names

Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, and Folk Art: Featuring English Pottery from the Collection of the Late Robert J. Kahn and the Lafayette-Washington Pistols, sale cat. (January 18–19, 2002), 253, lot 416, ill.