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High chest of drawers

1760–80
Object PlaceNewtown, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueCherry, yellow poplar, oak
Dimensions208.28 x 107.95 x 52.7 cm (82 x 42 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, funds donated anonymously, and funds donated by Eddy Nicholson
Accession number1988.16
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenancePurchased at auction at Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture . . ., January 23, 1988, lot 305 (Accession Date: February 24, 1988)
Grecian couch
Hugh Finlay
about 1820
Desk
A. Kimbel & J. Cabus
about 1876
Sofa
Thomas Seymour
1823–1825
Thomas U. Walter
about 1857
J. J. McNutt Novelty Wood Works
about 1880–90
Sideboard
Ignatius Lutz
1850–60
Card table
About 1760–70
Detail: Byrdcliffe emblem
Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony
1902–05
Thomas Walker
about 1765-85