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Chest-on-Chest

Thomas Townsend

Chest-on-Chest, Thomas Townsend, ca. 1772, Mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar

Maker: Thomas Townsend
Date: ca. 1772
Medium: Mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar
Dimensions: 86 3/4 x 44 x 21 3/8 in. (220.3 x 111.8 x 54.3 cm)
Form: Case Piece
Origin: Newport
Culture: American
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 2005.52
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Gift, Sansbury-Mills Fund, and Leigh Keno and The Hohmann Foundation Gifts, 2005

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