High chest of drawers

High chest of drawers, 1715–35, Probably made in Rhode Island, United States; Possibly made in Connecticut, United States, American, Black walnut, maple, red cedar, white pine, 65 x 37 1/2 x 22 in. (165.1 x 95.3 x 55.9 cm), Furniture, Contrasting light and dark wood banding creates a lively surface treatment on this high chest of drawers. Few chests with this type of herringbone-banded drawer border are known, and the exact place where this high chest was made has yet to be firmly decided, though one of its secondary woods, chestnut, suggests manufacture in eastern Connecticut or Rhode Island rather than New York, where some scholars have suggested. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)