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From: American Art Association, Inc., Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection Of The Late Howard Reifsnyder , sale cat. (April 24, 25, 26 and 27, 1929), 266–267, lot 701.
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High chest of drawers

Object number

RIF6317

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

67 × 39 in. (170.18 × 99.06 cm)

Date

1700–1730

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Walnut (drawer fronts) and maple (sides and legs)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

William and Mary

Provenance

Howard Reifsynder (died 1929 or earlier), Philadelphia; consigned by his estate to American Art Association, New York, April 24–27, 1929, lot 701

Associated names

Howard Reifsnyder
American Art Association

Bibliography

Edward Stratton Holloway, The Practical Book of American Furniture and Decoration: Colonial and Federal (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1928), 41, pl. 4, ill.
American Art Association, New York, Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the Late Howard Reifsnyder, sale cat. (April 24–27, 1929), 266–267, lot 701, ill.