Minneapolis Institute of Art

Highboy

Spikey Leaf Carver

Date

c. 1760–80

Medium

Mahogany and brass (handles)

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Recent scholarship has suggested that the carving on this chest was done by an unknown craftsman, now called the Spikey Leaf Carver, as the spikey veins of his leaves run off the edge of the wood. United States, Americas

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