Minneapolis Institute of Art

High Chest of Drawers

United States (Massachusetts)

Date

c. 1735

Medium

Burl maple veneer, walnut herrringbone inlay, maple, white pine, and brass (handles)

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This high chest of drawers is an early and well conceived example of the Queen Anne style in American furniture. Because of the sophistication of its proportions and the sensitive handling of the legs, it is likely that this high chest was made in Boston, which was the style center of the American colonies from the first settlement until the 1730s and 1740s. The object also comes with a history of descent in the Kimbell family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. United States, Americas

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