Chest-on-chest, 1760–90, Made in New York, United States, American, Mahogany, tulip poplar, yellow pine, white pine, 78 3/4 x 45


Chest-on-chest, 1760–90, Made in New York, United States, American, Mahogany, tulip poplar, yellow pine, white pine, 78 3/4 x 45 1/4 x 23 in. (200 x x cm), Furniture, This chest was owned by generations of the great landholding Van Rensselaer family of Albany, New York. Note the wide cornice, canted-and-fluted corners, front claw feet with carved knees, and ogee-bracket rear feet—all typical of New York furniture design


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