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An Important Chippendale Cherry High Chest of Drawers Scituate, Massachusetts, Circa 1790-1800. Attributed to Cabinetmaker Elisha Cushing, Jr., Hingham.

Artist:	Not Available
Category:	Furniture - American
SubType:	Highboy/Lowboy
Origin:	MA
Era:	18th Century
Height:	84 inches
Height Note:	Including center finial
Width:	42.375 inches
Depth:	20.25 inches



This distinctive cherry high chest exhibits some characteristics associated with furniture produced in the New London, Connecticut area. Recent discoveries and scholarship have reassigned this piece and a group of related furniture to Hingham, Massachusetts cabinetmaker Elisha Cushing Jr. (1746-1829). The cabinetmaker Theodore Cushing of Hingham is discussed in an article in The Magazine Antiques, May 2009. This high chest is signed by an early owner who identifies himself and his locale “C.W. Prouty, Scituate” Caleb William Prouty (1810-1876) was a prominent and successful shipping merchant from Scituate, Massachusetts. The high chest retains a warm old patina with a mellow historic surface. The chest is mounted with molded and steeply arched pediment terminating in carved disk-form rosettes above an inlaid phylphot device. The crest is mounted with original brass ball and spire finials.

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