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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF6289

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

64 × 37 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (162.56 × 94.62 × 47.63 cm)

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Possibly made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Mabel Brady Garvan (1886–1979) and Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York; by descent in the family; consigned to Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 5–6, 2016, lot 770

Associated names

Northeast Auctions
Francis P. Garvan
Mabel Brady Garvan

Bibliography

"Skinner Scores with Folk Art, Makes a Rhode Island Discovery," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (March 25, 2016).
"Northeast Auctions advertisement," Antiques 183, no. 1 (January/February 2016): 98, ill.
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., Portsmouth Weekend Auction, sale cat. (March 5-6, 2016), 149, lot 770, ill.