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A Carved Walnut Bonnet-Top Chippendale Highboy, Salem, c.1760-1780
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This highboy relates
to a class of highboys that, as Albert Sack remarks,
"combines the academic skill of the Boston school
with the romantic flavor of the more free-spirited
Salem school". He mentions this in his New
Fine Points of Furniture (see
attached images) when he discusses the masterpiece
example at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Whereas
most highboys use plain pad feet, these examples use
claw and ball feet and use double shells, both in
the upper and lower case. An example with pad feet
is illustrated in Samuel Chamberlain's Salem Interiors,
p.6. (see
scan).
A related Walnut Salem Highboy or similar design recently sold at Brunk Auctions for $79,950. A comparison image can be seen here: Click HERE.
Our example is in excellent original condition, see attached close-ups. The brasses are old, although not original, and the finials are historically accurate replacements.
Height: 89 in. Case Width: 35 1/2 in. Overall Width: 40 3/4 in. Depth: 22 1/4 in.
A related Walnut Salem Highboy or similar design recently sold at Brunk Auctions for $79,950. A comparison image can be seen here: Click HERE.
Our example is in excellent original condition, see attached close-ups. The brasses are old, although not original, and the finials are historically accurate replacements.
Height: 89 in. Case Width: 35 1/2 in. Overall Width: 40 3/4 in. Depth: 22 1/4 in.
