Chest-on-Chest
Object type: Chest-on-Chest
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Thomas Townsend
Artist bio: 1742–1827
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1772
Medium: Mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar
Dimensions: 86 3/4 x 44 x 21 3/8 in. (220.3 x 111.8 x 54.3 cm)
Geography: Made in Newport   United States  
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Gift,  Sansbury-Mills Fund, and Leigh Keno and The Hohmann Foundation Gifts, 2005
Accession year: 2005