Highboy, Red, Original Drawer Hardware
Northshore of Massachusetts, Circa 1560
Maple
In a lovely antique red surface…the molded top case containing five elegantly graduated overhanging thumb-molded drawers; top case is received by lower case waist molding and features a single long drawer over three similarly molded short drawers; shaped aprons joining tall cabriole legs resting of pad-feet. (The right-proper and center lower case drawer bottoms are restored; Overall height: 71"; top case width: 35"; top case depth: 18.75"; bottom case width: 37"; bottom case depth: 20")
$7,850.00
259-42
William and Mary Highboy, Old Surface, Shaped Apron, Original Ball Feet
Massachusetts, Circa 1690-1725
Maple with some figure and white pine…diminutive size
A two-part high chest, the upper section featuring two short over three long drawers, resting on a three drawer base raised on trumpet/bell-turned legs joined by flat serpentine stretchers on robust ball feet. Old Victorian surface including ebonized legs, stretchers and moldings. The brasses are not original, other minor imperfections congruent with age and use…legs and molding are original. (Height: 61.5”, bottom case measures 39 by 21”, top case measures 35.25 by 19”)
$16,875.00
572-96
Highboy, Queen Anne, Carved Claw & Ball Feet & Fan,
Period Brass Hardware
Likely Salem, Massachusetts,
Circa 1750-1775
A fine and attractive example in mahogany
A carved walnut high chest [highboy], the upper case features a beautifully molded cornice above an arrangement of two short and three graduated long drawers; the lower case with one long drawer over three short drawers, the center drawer with a carved fan, above a shaped apron, on cabriole resting on claw and ball feet.
(Repair to back right leg, else very good; height: 71”, width: 39”, depth: 22”).
$11,950.00
270-148
Lowboy, Carved Cherrywood Dressing Table,
Likely Colchester, Connecticut
The Lord Group, Circa 1760
This example features a complex apron profile, the shell fluting terminus is centered by gouge-punching that forms an undulating border; wide horizontal flutes are cut in apron below the shell… the knee brackets display simple spurs, all Colchester traditions.
(Repair to back leg, old refinish, else fine; height: 32.5"; top with inverted corners: 35 x 21"; case: 30 x 18.5")
$20,755.00
570-615
Figured Walnut Highboy, Original Surface & Engraved Brass Hardware
Boston, Circa 1730 – 1750
Walnut, walnut veneer, herringbone banding, white pine secondary wood
(Excellent original condition; height: 65.75"; bottom case: width: 39.25"; depth: 20.5"; top case: width: 37.75"; depth: 19.75")
$14,650.00
270-155
QUEEN ANNE BONNET TOP HIGHBOY, CARVED CHERRYWOOD
CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1770
Cherry, white pine and poplar
This successful highboy of inspired design was created by an ambitious and highly gifted rural Connecticut Valley cabinet maker. The steeply pitched cyma scrolled pediment with enclosed bonnet is ornamented with vigorous moldings featuring carved rosette termini. The scrolling of the tympanum board creates a relationship between positive and negative space, and centers the plinth with flame carved finial. The drawer organization and graduation is enhanced by superbly carved center drawers, featuring an aster at top and a shell in the lower case. The unusually tall cabriole legs, cyma scrolled apron with drop pendants, create a powerful vertical presence. The combination of design, condition, appealing old color, and carved embellishments work in concert creating a successful expression. The backboard is signed S B 1770 in original ‘bricking’. The highboy remains in remarkably intact condition with only minor repairs; period brasses are installed within original borings.
(Dimensions: H: 89”; Upper case: W: 35.75”; D: 17.75”; Lower case; W: 38.5”; D: 19”.)
$28,850
843-274
Highboy, Queen Anne Cherrywood High chest, Original Brasses, Graceful Apron
South Eastern Rhode Island, Circa 1760
Excellent proportions, layout and apron-leg relationship; very nice example
(Excellent condition with only one drawer lip repair; H: 76.25”, top case: 36 by 20”, bottom case: 39 by 22”)
$10,475
270-142
William and Mary Chest on Stand, English Highboy, Circa 1690 to 1720
A diminutive rural example displaying good proportions and surface
Rectangular molded top over two short and two long drawers set within lower case waist molding; lower case with single drawer features a lively apron profile and robust baluster-turned-legs joined by the original flattened serpentine stretchers.
(Very good condition with minor imperfections commensurate with age and use; feet are old replacements, one drawer face with very small fill-it; a six-inch section of top at the back was long ago replaced. The brasses were updated several times. Case: 35" W by 21" D, Stand: 39" W by 22.5" D, overall H: 50")
$2,325.00
1069-4
Diminutive Queen Anne Highboy, Rich Color and Patina
New England, 18th Century
Maple
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(Base: 34 by 35.5 by 19.5"; top: 35 by 31 by 18.5")
$7,200
271-44
Queen Anne Bonnet Top Highboy, Fan Carving, Cabriole Legs
Massachusetts, Circa 1750 to 1780
The Quality Readily Apparent in the Vigorous Curve of Bonnet and Carvings
Walnut front, maple sides with some figure
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(The period brasses in original borings are not original; H: 86"; W: 38"; D: 21")
$29,250
271-41
Flat Top Highboy, Newport, Detachable Legs, Slipper Feet
Newport, Rhode Island, Mid 18th Century
The beauty is in the simplicity; displays distinctive legs, apron and feet
Maple
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(Replaced hardware, leg cavity blocks are replaced, H: 69"; W: 37.25"; D: 22")
$22,750
271-43
Highboy, Early Rural New England
Massachusetts, North Shore/Salem Area
Circa 1730 to 1740
Pine, Birch and poplar
Crown molding above four graduated thumb-molded drawers; the sides overhanging. The top case is received by a broad, beautifully cut and finished waist molding of generous proportion; lower-case with single long-drawer above three short-drawers. The case which is raised on rather straight cabriole legs featuring crisp knee-ridges and turned pad feet; the returns were carved and shaped "in the round" (single piece of birch) in concert with legs. The legs are joined by a triple arcade apron inspired by the taste of the William and Mary period. It is interesting that the drawer sides are rived and delicately molded. The wood is a warm pumpkin-brownish pine color with decent patina; brasses are stylistically correct yet not original. Amazingly, the drop finials are original. (Dimensions: 68" H, 38.25" bottom case W, 20" bottom case D, 37" top case W, 19.25" top case D.)
$12,450
424-121
Queen Anne Bonnet Top Highboy, Original Hardware, Central Plinth, Concave Carved Small Drawers
Boston, Circa 1750 to 1765
Walnut, great surface and pierced brasses, clean
(Brass hardware on small drawers is replaced, others original; finials are not original although appropriate and displaying good and congruent color, else fine and original; H: 74”, top case W: 35”, top case D: 17.5”, bottom case W: 38”, bottom case D: 21”)
$14,995
270-119
Bonnet Top Highboy, Original Brasses and Finials, Scooped Fan
Connecticut, 18th Century
Cherry
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(In generally excellent condition, old refinish, minor and superb lip repair, else fine; H: 88.5", top case W: 35.75", top case D: 19.5", bottom case W: 39 5/8", bottom case D: 21 5/8")
$14,400
1119-1
Highboy, Fan Carved, Claw and Ball Feet, Old Surface
North Shore Massachusetts, 1750 to 1760
Walnut
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(Very good condition, minor imperfections commensurate with age and use; two backboards replaced; H: 73.25", bottom case W: 40.75", bottom case D: 26.25", top case W: 36.25", top case D: 19")
$17,500
1022-7
Highboy, Molded Flattop, Period Brasses
Connecticut, Circa 1760
A simple yet attractive and functional piece displaying good color
Poplar and Maple
(Very good condition, although not original, basses are period and appropriate; H: 72.75", W: 40.75", D: 18")
$5,200
107-237
Previous Offerings or Gone to New Homes
Flat Top Highboy, Molded Cornice, Shaped Apron, Fan Carved, Original Hardware
Massachusetts, Likely Boston Area, Circa 1760
Maple; nice old color, clean - SOLD
(H: 84”, top case W: 36”, top case D: 19.5”, bottom case W: 39”, bottom case D: 22”)
270-120 - SOLD
Lowboy, Dressing Table, Queen Anne, Shaped Apron, Cabriole Legs, Rectangular Top
Probably Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, Circa 1740 to 1760
Original pierced brasses, cherry and Pine - SOLD
Dimensions: H: 31.5"; top: 34.75 by 22"
572-60 - SOLD
Queen Anne Bonnet Top Highboy, Fan Carved, Full Bonnet, Period Brasses
Massachusetts, Northshore; Likely Salem, Circa 1765 to 1780
Maple
This item just in, more information to follow, please call if interested - SOLD
(Excellent condition; height to top of finial: 89", top case W: 36", D: 19"; lower case W: 39", D: 20.5".)
843-244 - SOLD
Highboy, Diminutive
Good Color, Perfect Drawer Overhanging Thumb Molding
New England, Circa 1760
A marriage made in heaven - SOLD
(We note that there are minor surface boroughs limited to apron under lower case center drawer caused by beetle larvae long ago; this will be easily rectified by a skilled woodworker. There is a chip to proper left crown molding at outside edge; loss to one knee-return, otherwise clean and very attractive. H: 71.75", top case W: 37.75", top case D: 18", bottom case W: 39.5", bottom case D: 19")
505-108 - SOLD
Highboy, Diminutive and Graceful, Old Surface
Litchfield or Hartford County, Connecticut
Circa 1760 to 1775
Cherry, white pine and poplar - SOLD
The drawer organization, graduation and carving; split top drawer configuration and positioning of brasses in concert with design elements of apron, and graceful cabriole legs; produce a very pleasing and successful form displaying the makers competence.
Excellent condition, replaced hardware; H: 68.5"; top case W: 38.25"; top case D: 20"; bottom case W: 37.25"; bottom case D: 20".
274-155 - SOLD
Highboy, Period Brass, Fluted Quarter Columns, Carved Feet, All Peg Joinery
Pennsylvania, 18th Century
Walnut and pine - SOLD
Bold crown-molding above upper case having three short drawers over four graduated drawers; lowercase with three short drawers over single long drawer, drawers are thumb-molded with overhanging lips. The whole raised on cabriole legs resting on claw-and-ball feet joined by scalloped apron. Period brasses are in original borings; three bails and two back-plates in lower case are replaced. We note that there are a few minor lip issues that will easily be respired. (H: 74.25"; bottom case W: 40"; bottom case D: 21.5"; top case W: 36"; top case D: 19.5")
410-127 - SOLD
Highboy, Queen Anne, Curly Maple, Carved
New England, North Shore, possibly Salem
Circa 1740 to 1760
Maple, birch and pine - SOLD
Rectangular molded top above the upper case of four overhanging thumb-molded and graduated long drawers, the top drawer molded to simulate three short drawers; molded lower case with two long drawers; the fan carved bottom drawer simulating three drawers; all above an arcaded apron featuring a pair of lobed drops. The case raised on cabriole legs featuring carved returns and pad feet on platforms.
This finely striped example remains in superb condition with no drawer lip repairs; probably old-refinish; now with rich color; one side-return is missing as is one brass bail, the brasses appear to be period are within the original borings.
(H: 65", bottom case W: 40.5", bottom case D: 19.75", top case W: 39", top case D: 18")
1047-1 - SOLD
Queen Anne Highboy, Small Size
New Hampshire
Mahoganized maple - SOLD
(Quarter-round molding added to waist, fan carving is not period, other imperfections; H: 73", W: 38.5", D: 19.25")
572-45 - SOLD
Highboy, Queen Anne, Original Brasses
1740
Cherry - SOLD
Dimensions: 70.5" H, 38.5" W, 21" D.
336-75 - SOLD
A Rare And Wonderful
William And Mary Veneered Highboy
Boston or New York
Circa 1690-1710
Walnut veneers on pine and oak - SOLD
An extremely early classic first generation highboy that has survived in excellent condition, retaining its original brasses, legs, feet, and stretchers. The shapes of front and side skirts conform to stretcher profile; front skirt is edged with cock beading, some of which is restored. There are minor veneer repairs and possibly some small replacements to stretcher appliques; finish is late 20th century.
(Height: 60.25"; base width: 39.25"; base depth: 22"; top case width: 37"; top case depth: 20.75".)
424-40 - SOLD
Highboy, Queen Anne, Diminutive
Coastal Connecticut or Long Island
Circa 1730
Retaining most of the original undisturbed cotter pin secured brasses
Maple and sycamore case, birch legs, hemlock and white pine secondary wood - SOLD
An unusually small and early example, influenced by Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts shop traditions. The choice of woods, the drawer design and organization; apron configuration and the elongated Dutch pad feet suggest a coastal origin. The chest remains in good condition, and features an appealing surface with considerable old color and patina. (Height: 61.5"; top case width: 37.5"; top case depth: 17"; bottom case width: 38.5"; bottom case depth: 19")
274-105 - SOLD
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