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Queen Anne High Chest with Scrolled Top and Two Deeply Carved Shells |
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| Catalog#: |
Summer/Autumn 2007 |
| Category: |
Furniture - American |
| SubType: |
Highboy/Lowboy |
| Origin: |
MA |
| Era: |
18th Century |
| Height: |
88 inches inches |
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| A very fine Queen Anne high chest with beautifully scrolled top and two deeply carved shells. Exceptional proportions (top case 36", lower case 38", height 88"); tall, graceful legs; triple-arcaded skirt. Maple, with pine secondary wood, in a rich old color — with older brass in original holes. Finials restored, very minor old repair. North Shore, MA, c.1760-70. Purchased privately from collectors who had owned it since the 1950s. This high chest is pictured in The Magazine Antiques, July, 1958, p.30.
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