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Chest of drawers (cómoda)

Chest of drawers (cómoda)

1750–1800
Object PlaceCuba
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, cedar (cedrela odorata), silver hardware
DimensionsOverall: 116.5 x 174 x 89 cm (45 7/8 x 68 1/2 x 35 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund
Accession number2013.339
On View
On view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsPainted on the underside of the front bottom rail in script: "de las comodas"
ProvenanceBy the mid-1970s, private collection, Argentina and Portugal; May 9,1996, private collection sale, Dinastia Auction, Lisbon, Portugal, lot 213, to Manuel Castilho Antiguidades, Lisbon; 1996, sold by Castilho to a private collection, Portugal; 2012, sold by this private collection back to Castilho; 2012, sold by Castilho to Coll & Cortés, Madrid; 2013, sold by Coll & Cortés to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)
Group shot: 2019.604.1-2
Cabinet (upper part of a set)
late 17th–early 18th century
Group shot: 2019.604.1-2
Cabinet (part of a set)
late 17th–early 18th century
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Chest of drawers
Ralph Mason and Henry Messinger Shops
1640–70
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Cathedra (bishop's chair)
1880–1905
Image Not Available for Cupboard (armario)
Cupboard (armario)
1700–1800
Four chair-back settee
Four chair-back settee
1780-1820
Image Not Available for Side table
Side table
1750–1800
Bombé chest of drawers
about 1780
Dressing table
about 1760–70
Gentleman's secretary
Gentleman's secretary
Samuel McIntire
1800–10
Desk (escritorio)
Desk (escritorio)
18th century
Dressing Table
Dressing Table
about 1780–1810