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Tall chest of drawers

Object number

RIF6349

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

41 1/2 × 36 × 18 in. (105.41 × 91.44 × 45.72 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Augustus Lapham, Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Augustus Lapham (1750–1828), Smithfield, Rhode Island; by descent in the Peckham family, Smithfield, Rhode Island; consigned to Skinner, Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts (sale held Boston), March 4, 2017, lot 241

Associated names

Peckham family
Skinner, Inc.

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (March 4, 2017), 52, lot 241, ill.