Name/Title
Chest of DrawersEntry/Object ID
GHS 2580Description
Queen Anne high chest; broken scroll pediment terminating in carved pinwheel volutes; unornamented urn-shaped finial; cabriole legs; ball and claw feet; carved shells on knees; fluted quarter columns; carved fan motif applied to area aboce top center drawer; shaped skirt; brass escutcheons and bail drawer pulls; keyholes located on the second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh rows of drawers. Upper section; two short drawers and one short drawer with shell carcing in top row; two short drawers in second row, three graduated long drawers. Lower section; two rows of two short drawers each. ** Top three drawers hace hidden release button son teh bottom of the drawers immediately below them, Top center drawer release is broken and opens in the usual manner.Made/Created
Date made
1750 - 1760Place
* Untyped Place
Southeastern PennsylvaniaDimensions
Height
70 inWidth
42-1/2 inDepth
23-1/2 inProvenance
Notes
GHS True Accession Book, "Walnut Highboy, Montague Collection"
Donated by the Florence K. Baker Estate, 1977