High chest of drawers

Published/Created:

Possibly Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1720–1740

Physical Description:

65 1/2 x 40 x 23 in.

Materials:

Maple; maple or walnut

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: William and Mary highboy with burl maple or walnut fronts, bolection molded frieze containing bolster drawer, curly maple sides; cockbeaded apron arches complementing in vertical outline of the flat stretchers in the horizontal plane. Descended in the Avery family of Massachusetts.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 695, pl. P3196.

Variant Titles:

William and Mary highboy

Topics:

Decoration and ornament -- William and Mary style
Furniture -- United States

Period/Style:

William and Mary

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

3196

Genre:

high chests of drawers (AAT)
highboys (AAT)

Format:

Image
Physical Object

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Title:

Israel Sack, Inc., Archive

Source Created:

New York, New York, United States
1957–1990

Source Note:

Sack, November 1970
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:

10994191

PID:

digcoll:1024930