High chest of drawers
- Published/Created:
- Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1710–1730 - Physical Description:
- 63 1/2 x 41 x 22 1/2 in.
- Materials:
- Walnut; maple, walnut or ash; pine; brass
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: William and Mary walnut highboy with burl maple, walnut or ash veneered front and herringbone bordered drawers, original teardrop brasses with engraved plates; finely modeled trumpet turnings and feet, arched and cyma-scrolled pine stretchers, the apron outlines complement the arched outlines of the stretchers; beautiful nut brown patina.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 7, p. 1991, pl. P5415. - Variant Titles:
- William and Mary walnut highboy
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament -- William and Mary style
Furniture -- United States - Period/Style:
- William and Mary
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 5415A
- 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, 1983
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10994390
- PID:
- digcoll:1024921