High chest
Object type: High chest
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Christopher Townsend
Artist bio: 1701–1773
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1748
Medium: Mahogany, chestnut, and white pine
Dimensions: 70 1/4 × 39 × 21 3/8 in. (178.4 × 99.1 × 54.3 cm)
Geography: Made in Newport   United States  
Credit line: Gift of Gerald and Kathleen Peters, in honor of Morrison H. Heckscher, 2015
Accession year: 2014