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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)
about 1820
about 1876
1823–1825
about 1857
about 1880–90
1850–60
About 1760–70
about 1765-85