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High chest, Christopher Townsend, 1748, Mahogany, chestnut, and white pine
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Case Piece · Newport

High chest

Christopher Townsend · Newport · 1748

Medium
Mahogany, chestnut, and white pine
Dimensions
70 1/4 × 39 × 21 3/8 in. (178.4 × 99.1 × 54.3 cm)
Accession
2015.50
Credit line
Gift of Gerald and Kathleen Peters, in honor of Morrison H. Heckscher, 2015
Culture
American
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