SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

High chest

Christopher Townsend

High chest, Christopher Townsend, 1748, Mahogany, chestnut, and white pine

Maker: Christopher Townsend
Date: 1748
Medium: Mahogany, chestnut, and white pine
Dimensions: 70 1/4 × 39 × 21 3/8 in. (178.4 × 99.1 × 54.3 cm)
Form: Case Piece
Origin: Newport
Culture: American
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 2015.50
Credit line: Gift of Gerald and Kathleen Peters, in honor of Morrison H. Heckscher, 2015

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