Chest of drawers
about 1790
Object PlaceSalem, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneer, pine, unidentified tropical hardwood
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession number2007.319
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBy tradition, possibly owned originally by the Derby family of Salem, Massachusetts; presumably owned by Professor Alpheus S. Packard, Jr. (1839-1905) of Brown University, Providence, R.I.; 1931, lent to the Museum by Maxim Karolik, bequeathed to the MFA by Maxim Karolik (Accession date May 9, 2007); October 25, 2012, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
about 1790–1800
about 1820
