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English Mahogany Chest of Drawers

Mid 18th Century(Christies)

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English Walnut & Exotic Woods Chest of Drawers

c. 1690(Wakelin & Linfield)

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English Walnut & Exotic Woods Chest of Drawers

c. 1710(George N. Antiques)

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New England Oak, Walnut & Cedar Chest of Drawers from Boston, Massachusetts

Attributed to Ralph Mason & Henry Messinger c. 1640 - 1670(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Oak, Walnut & Cedar & Pine Chest of Drawers with Doors from New Haven, Connecticut

c. 1670 - 1700(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Oak & Pine Chest of Drawers in Black Paint from Salem, Massachusetts

c. 1675 - 1700(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Oak & Pine Chest of Drawers from Salem, Massachusetts

c. 1675 - 1700(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Oak & Pine Chest of Drawers in Multi - Colored Paint from Massachusetts

c. 1700 - 1720(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Oak & Pine Chest of Drawers from Massachusetts

c. 1700(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Philadelphia Walnut & Pine Chest of Drawers from Philadelphia

by Wm. Beake c. 1710(HL Chalfant)

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New England Chest of Drawers in Multi - Colored Paint from Massachusetts

c. 1725(Northeast Auctions)

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New England Maple & Pine Chest of Drawers in Multi - Colored Paint from Winsor, Connecticut

c. 1735 - 1750(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Maple & Pine Chest of Drawers in Multi - Colored Paint from Connecticut

c. 1735 - 1750(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Curly Maple Tall Chest of Drawers from the Connecticut River Valley

c. 1740 - 1760(Antique Associates of West Townsend)

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New England Pine Chest of Drawers

Late 18th Century(Skinner)

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New England Maple & Cherry Chest of Drawers, Likely from the Connecticut River Valley

Late 18th Century(Skinner)

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New England Mahogany & Multi - Wood Chest of Drawers from Newport, Rhode Island

by John Townsend 1765(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Mahogany & Pine Chest of Drawers

c. 1770 - 1780(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Mahogany, Pine & Cedar Bomb Chest of Drawers from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1780(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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English Oak Chest on Frame

Late 17th Century(Christies)

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English Oak High Chest on Frame

Late 17th Century(Christies)

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New England Oak, Pine, Poplar & Maple Chest on Frame from Massachusetts

c. 1670 - 1700(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Poplar, Chestnut & Multi - Wood High Chest on Frame in Multi - Colored Paints from Saybrook, Connecticut

c. 1705 - 1725(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Veneered High Chest of Drawers

c. 1700(New Orleans Auction Gallery)

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New England Maple,Walnut Veneer& Maple Burl Veneer High Chest of Drawers, Probably from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1700 - 1720(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Black Walnut & Multi - Wood High Chest of Drawers, from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1700 - 1730(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Black Walnut Veneered High Chest of Drawers, from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1705 - 1720(Keno Auctions)

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New England Maple with Black Walnut Veneer High Chest of Drawers, from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1700 - 1730(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Black Walnut & Pine High Chest of Drawers, from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1715 - 1730(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Pine High Chest of Drawers

Early 18th Century(Brunk Auctions)

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New England Maple High Chest of Drawers

Early 18th Century(Skinner)

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New England Japanned Maple, Poplar & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1710 - 1730(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Japanned Maple, Poplar & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1710 - 1730(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Black Walnut, Maple, & Mixed Wood High Chest of Drawers from Rhode Island or Connecticut

c. 1715 - 1735(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Japanned Butternut, Maple & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1730 - 1740(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Painted Maple & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Connecticut

c. 1730 - 1740(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Painted Maple & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Connecticut

c. 1730 - 1740(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Japanned High Chest of Drawers from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1730 - 1740(Private Collection)

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New England High Chest of Drawers, Probably from Massachusetts

c. 1740 - 1760(Skinner)

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New England Walnut Veneer on Pine High Chest of Drawers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

c. 1725 - 1750(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Japanned Maple & Pine High Chest of Drawers

c. 1747(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Maple High Chest of Drawers from Massachusetts

c. 1760(Peter Eaton Antiques)

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New England Maple High Chest of Drawers from Southern New Hampshire

c. 1780(Peter Eaton Antiques)

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New England High Chest of Drawers from Massachusetts or New Hampshire

c. 1785(Peter Eaton Antiques)

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New England Mahogany & Pine High Chest of Drawers Possibly from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1730 - 1750(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Japanned Maple, Birch & Pine High Chest of Drawers Possibly from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1730 - 1750(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Walnut, Satinwood & Ebony High Chest of Drawers from Charlestown, Massachusetts

by Ebenezer Hartshorn 1739(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Mahogany High Chest of Drawers from Massachusetts

c. 1740 - 1760(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Walnut, Walnut Veneer & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1730 - 1760(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Mahogany High Chest of Drawers from Newport, Rhode Island

by John Townsend c. 1756 - 1759(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Mahogany & Chestnut High Chest of Drawers from Newport, Rhode Island

c. 1750 - 1790(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Cherry, Yellow Poplar & Oak High Chest of Drawers from Newtown, Connecticut

c. 1760 - 1780(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Tiger Maple High Chest of Drawers, Probably from Massachusetts

c. 1740 - 1760(Skinner)

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New England Walnut High Chest of Drawers from Massachusetts

c. 1760(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Mahogany & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Massachusetts

c. 1760 - 1770(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New York High Chest of Drawersc. 1695 - 1725

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Pennsylvania Mahogany, Poplar & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Philadelphiac. 1760 - 1770

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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Pennsylvania Mahogany, Poplar & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Philadelphiac. 1762 - 1765

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Date:176265

Geography:Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Culture:American

Medium:Mahogany, mahogany veneer, tulip poplar, yellow pine, white cedarDimensions:91 3/4 x 44 5/8 x 24 5/8 in. (233 x 113.3 x 62.5 cm)

Classification:Furniture

Credit Line:John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1918

Accession Number:18.110.4

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Pennsylvania Mahogany, Poplar & Pine High Chest of Drawers from Philadelphiac. 1755 - 1790

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Date:176265

Geography:Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Culture:American

Medium:Mahogany, mahogany veneer, tulip poplar, yellow pine, white cedarDimensions:91 3/4 x 44 5/8 x 24 5/8 in. (233 x 113.3 x 62.5 cm)

Classification:Furniture

Credit Line:John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1918

Accession Number:18.110.4

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New England Black Walnut, Walnut Burl Veneer & Pine Chest on Chest from Boston, MassachusettsOwned by the Warland Family c. 1715 - 1725

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Mahogany & Pine Chest on Chest from Boston, MassachusettsMade for Boston Cloth Merchant Ebenezer Storer, Jr. c. 1760 - 1780

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Mahogany, Chestnut, Tulip & Poplar Chest on Chest from Newport, Rhode Islandby Thomas Townsend c. 1772

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New England Mahogany & Pine Chest on Chest from Marblehead or Salem, Massachusettsc. 1775 - 1780

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Mahogany & Pine Chest on Chest from Eastern Massachusettsc. 1770 - 1790

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New England Mahogany & Pine Chest on a Bomb Form Chest from Boston, Massachusettsby John Cogswell 1782

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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New York Mahogany, Tulip, Poplar & Pine Chest on Chestc. 1760 - 1790

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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New York Mahogany & Yellow Poplar Chest on Chestby Samuel Prince c. 1770 - 1775

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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English Kingwood Oyster - Veneered Cabinet on Chestby Thomas Pistor, London c. 1690

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Drawer Pull by Jon Stow (Who Re- Cast the Liberty Bell)

(Winterthur)

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