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A QUEEN ANNE CARVED CHERRYWOOD BONNET-TOP HIGH CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Lot 112 ANOTHER PROPERTY

A QUEEN ANNE CARVED CHERRYWOOD BONNET-TOP HIGH CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

WETHERSFIELD AREA, CONNECTICUT, 1750-1770

Closed20 January 2012

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A QUEEN ANNE CARVED CHERRYWOOD BONNET-TOP HIGH CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
WETHERSFIELD AREA, CONNECTICUT, 1750-1770
together with a portrait of a gentleman
84 in. high, 37 in. wide, 20 in. deep (2)

Specialist note

According to oral tradition, the gentleman in the portrait once owned the high chest in this lot and is believed to have been Dr. Alden March, a president of the Albany Medical Collect. Dr. March arrived in Albany in 1821 at the age of twenty-six. A prominent physician, he founded the Albany Medical College in 1839.