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Cômoda alta

1740–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 748
O móvel colonial mais ambicioso e mais inconfundivelmente americano é a cômoda alta, uma cômoda inglesa de tábua montada sobre pés com um frontão aberto. Os primeiros exemplares apareceram em Boston por volta de 1730 e os mais caros estão decorados com imitação de laca japonesa. Esta peça, única porque preservada junto com uma mesa de toucador e um espelho duplo, foi pintada com um verniz que imita o casco de tartaruga sobre o qual foram aplicados motivos dourados de chinoiserie (figuras fantásticas e pavilhões de jardim). Fabricada para Benjamin Pickman, um comerciante de Salem, Massachusetts, é o epítome da elegância cosmopolita da Nova Inglaterra da era colonial.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Cômoda alta
  • Data: 1730–60
  • Geografia: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Meio: Bordo, bétula, pinho branco, pintura, gesso dourado
  • Dimensões: 219,7 x 101,6 x 54,6 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Compra, legado de Joseph Pulitzer, 1940
  • Número de acesso: 40.37.1
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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