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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

Provenance

Howard Reifsynder (1869–1929), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; consigned by his estate to American Art Association, New York, April 24–27, 1929, lot 701

Associated names

American Art Association
Howard Reifsnyder

Bibliography

American Art Association, New York, Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the Late Howard Reifsnyder, sale cat. (April 24–27, 1929), 266–67, lot 701, ill.
Edward Stratton Holloway, The Practical Book of American Furniture and Decoration: Colonial and Federal (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1928), 41, pl. 4, ill.