ca. 1740 Lacquered Highboy Decorated with Oriental Scenes

Furniture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

ca. 1740 Lacquered Highboy Decorated with Oriental Scenes

Entry/Object ID

HM-50

Description

Queen Anne style pulls, cymacurve feet, lacquered in black and gold with numerous Oriental scenes, tiger on side. Feet chipped and peeling, top splintered. 1979 Dean Fales with Essex Institute identified bottom as replacement piece, not original

Collection

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

50

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1740

Place

Location

American or English

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Highboy

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chest of Drawers

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

General Notes

Note Type

1979-05-24 to D Fales w Essex Institute (HM-50 Japanned highboy)

Note Type

1979-07-24 to D Fales (HM-50 Japanned highboy)

Note Type

1979-06-16 from D Fales (HM-50 Japanned highboy)

Note Type

1965-04-07 Inventory copy 1, p(2) Lower Sitting Room, North Upper Bedroom & Closets