A Queen Anne Bonnet-Top High Chest of Drawers, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1750

New York Gantry Point Warehouse

Lot Closed

January 25, 09:42 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

carved and figured mahogany

height 88 ¼ in. by width 40 ½ in. by depth 21 in.

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Wayne Pratt, Inc., Woodbury, Connecticut.

This Boston high chest exhibits a very rare characteristic of having C-scrolls carved behind it's knees. While this attribute can found on contemporaneous Boston chairs and games tables, it is rarely found on high chests. A very similar high chest with larger proportions is illustrated in Albert Sack’s The New Fine Points of Furniture Early American, (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993), p. 194. Another related high chest was advertised by Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement Magazine Antiques (May 1990) inside cover.