ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN HOUGHTON, DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, MARKED WITH OWNER INITIALS "TB" AND DATED 1669

A closely related chest attributed to Houghton is illustrated in Robert Blair St. George's article "Style and Structure in the Joinery of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts, 1635-1685" in American Furniture and its Makers: Winterthur Portfolio 13 (Winterthur, 1979) p. 10. This is among the very earliest dated Massachusetts chests known.