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High Chest of Drawers

1730–40
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 753
In the 1730s, Boston cabinetmakers transformed the traditional flat-top, turned-leg William and Mary–style high chest into the scroll-top, cabriole-leg Queen Anne version. The best examples of this uniquely American design, such as this high chest and its related dressing table (10.125.72), have carved and gilded shells and delicate inlaid compass stars on the pediment and case sides.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: High Chest of Drawers
  • Date: 1730–40
  • Geography: Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Walnut, walnut veneer, eastern white pine; brass
  • Dimensions: 90 x 44 x 22 1/4 in. (228.6 x 111.8 x 56.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
  • Object Number: 10.125.62
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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