Title: Chest-on-Chest
Object type: Chest-on-Chest
Date: ca. 1772
Culture: American
Artist:  Thomas Townsend 
Artist bio: 1742–1827
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
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)
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
Geography: Made in Newport Rhode Island  United States New England     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY