Wethersfield area, 1760-1780, a fine example with excellent proportions, bonnet top centering a carved central finial plinth, two fan carved drawers, deeply scalloped skirts, appears to retain original brasses, 86 x 37 x 21-3/4 in.

Provenance: Ginsburg & Levy, New York, 1966 (Benjamin Ginsburg indicated in a letter in 1966 that they had previously owned the high chest thirty years earlier and had just purchased it from an old customer); acquired by Colonial Williamsburg 1994; Property Deaccessioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; all proceeds to benefit the Collections Acquisitions Fund

in very good condition overall, finials are replaced, some restorations to central finial plinth, minor repairs at back leg joints (one appears to have mortise repair and later plugged screw, both with some color retouch), other typical surface flaws and wear