Chest-on-chest
Unknown Artist
Until its acquisition by the Museum, this chest remained in 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.
Credit: Gift of E. M. Newlin, 1964
1760-90
Mahogany, yellow poplar, yellow pine, white pine
200.0 x 114.9 cm
64.249.3
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
