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Chest with drawer

Object number

RIF4997

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 34 in. (86.36 cm) Top: 37 × 19 1/2 in. (93.98 × 49.53 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), August 6–8, 2010, lot 251

Associated names

Northeast Auctions

Notes

The chest retains old black paint.

Bibliography

Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, N.H., Annual Summer Americana Auction, sale cat. (August 6–8, 2010), 51, lot 251, ill.