High Chest of Drawers

Date

1770–90

Medium

Cornice moldings, pediment, drawer fronts (with one exception), drawer dividers (with one exception), sides of lower case, midmolding, American black cherry; front of lowest wide drawer, top drawer divider in upper case, birch; sides of upper case, columns, four legs, soft maple; top of upper case, chestnut; back of each case, drawer linings, probably finial, yellow poplar; roof of pediment, eastern white pine; some replaced drawer runners in upper case, oak

Dimensions

82.8 x 39 x 19.8 in. (210.2 x 99.1 x 50.4 cm)

Form

Case Piece

Origin

Preston

Museum

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession

1930.2055

Credit line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection