About the Artwork
High Chest of Drawers
between 1740 and 1760
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American
American
Walnut and brass
Overall: 89 1/2 × 40 1/2 × 22 1/4 inches (227.3 × 102.9 × 56.5 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Gift of the Americana Foundation
68.148
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Hanson Family or Mrs. Hanson's Family
Mrs. Hanson (Salem, Massachusetts, USA)
Florence Wetherell (Westboro, Massachusetts, USA)
George Considine (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA)
1968-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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American, High Chest of Drawers, between 1740 and 1760, walnut and brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Americana Foundation, 68.148.
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