High chest of drawers

Creator:: Townsend, John, 1732-1809, and Goddard, John, 1723-1785 (school of), active late 1730s-late 1770s
Published/Created:: Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1740–1760
Physical Description:: 70 x 38 x 20 1/4 in.
Materials:: Maple; brass
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne curly maple slipper-foot highboy, the beautiful silhouette formed by the slender squared cabriole legs ending in slipper feet and the cyma-scrolled apron rivals the finest related Townsend examples in mahogany, original mellow warm ruddy patina and original brasses; Townsend-Goddard origin.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2257, pl. P00000.
Variant Titles:: Queen Anne maple slipper-foot highboy
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Queen Anne style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Queen Anne
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5798
Genre:: high chests of drawers (AAT)
highboys (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, November 1985
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10978 nc cab2dr1 tif_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10994415
OID:: 12029811
PID:: digcoll:1024503