High chest of drawers

Date

1740–65

Medium

Sycamore; drawer fronts, with one exception, drawer dividers, with one exception, side of lower case, sycamore; top, bottom and sides of upper case, yellow poplar; legs, birch; back of upper case, top of lower case, chestnut; front rail of lower case, front of middle drawer in lower case, soft maple; inlaid stringing, apparently all soft maple; drawer sides and backs, upper drawer divider in upper case, eastern white pine; drawer bottoms, Atlantic white cedar

Dimensions

69.2 x 40.6 x 20.6 in. (175.8 x 103.2 x 52.4 cm)

Form

Case Piece

Origin

New Haven

Museum

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession

1968.9

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Paul L. Penfield