Art Institute of Chicago
High Chest of Drawers
Artist unknown (American, 18th century)LinkedCulture matchlcp-720adf61c688
- Date
- 1760–75
- Medium
- Mahogany and white pine
- Culture
- Salem
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 102767
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This high chest is an excellent example of Newport’s stylistic interpretation of the high chest form and a testament to the genius of the Goddard-Townsend school of cabinetmaking. The applied, raised panels on the top of the façade work to harmoniously integrate the bonnet to the rest of the chest. The ornament is subdued, accentuating the form rather than fighting it. The pierced claws of the feet are a particular characteristic of 18th-century Newport cabinetry.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of William McCormick Blair
- Provenance
- William McCormick Blair, Lake Bluff, Ill., by 1984; bequested to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984.
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- Object type
- AAT300037336
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