High Chest of Drawers
John Goddard
1755–85
Medium
Mahogany with chestnut and white pine
Dimensions
219.4 × 101.6 × 54.6 cm (86 3/8 × 40 × 21 1/2 in.)
Classification
case furniture
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74072
About the Artist
John Goddard
John Goddard (1723/24–1785) was a preeminent American cabinetmaker whose innovative designs defined the Newport school of furniture making in colonial Rhode Island. Born in Massachusetts, where he trained as a house carpenter, Goddard relocated to Newport in the 1740s with his family. There, he and his younger brother James worked for the esteemed cabinetmaker Job Townsend. Goddard solidified his ...