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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF5706

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 65 in. (165.1 cm) Width, overall: 36 in. (91.44 cm) Width, case: 34 1/2 in. (87.63 cm) Depth: 21 in. (53.34 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Stanley Weiss Collection

Geography

Probably made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Cherry (primary); chestnut (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Private collection, Rhode Island; the Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island, 2010 and 2013

Associated names

Private Collection

Bibliography

"An Early Diminutive Cherrywood Queen Anne Highboy," http://www.tildenthurber.com/stanleyweiss/pages/items13/sw01340.html (accessed April 22, 2013), item sw01340.