Queen Anne Walnut Bonnet-top Highboy, Boston, Circa 1740 – 1770, Original Brasses
Walnut and white pine secondary woods
Pure Queen Anne; early lines and proportions
Elegant closed and molded, broken arch bonnet-top; above upper and lower cases of thumb molded drawers; top case features a tier of three short drawers above four graduated long drawer; the lower case with single long drawer over the center reverse blocked (concave carved) drawer flanked by a pair of short drawers. The three-part skirt features flat-headed arches; the whole raised on unusually graceful cabriole legs terminating on large pad feet. This high chest retains original small brasses typical of the style. Overall excellent condition consistent with age and use; as is typical, the finials are old replacements. Drawer linings to a single long drawer restored; very small patch to rear lower back corner of top case; a very tight [closed] fissure to side knee of proper left rear leg that in no-way compromises the integrity or aesthetic. A fine New England highboy offered at a most reasonable price that was sold by Joe Kindig III in 1978. (Correspondence available to purchaser)
(Overall height: 87"; upper: width: 37.25" depth: 19.25"; lower: width: 39.75"; depth: 20.5")
$10,450
843-292
Antique Highboy, Massachusetts, Original
Surface & Hardware, Time Capsule Condition
18th Century, Lower Merrimack Valley, Bartlett School, Merrimack-Haverhill Area
Cherrywood [primary] maple and pine, original brown wash, drop-finals and knee returns!
This example presented in an “as-found” state, a rarely encountered uncompromised state of originality. The upper-case featuring applied crown moldings over five graduated drawers having overhanging thumb-molded drawer lips; lower case having two long drawers…the lower drawer featuring a faux three drawer front and carved 15-lobe fan. The whole standing on cabriole legs resting on pad feet; all returns present and original; legs joined by a unique apron, a double-lobed-radial-arch flanked by arcades; turned drop-finials are original. Competent and interesting joinery and construction. Written in large fancy script filling a drawer bottom and on the backboards is found a very old shipping address and name; Luther Day, 44 Summer Street, Haverhill, Mass. Day is listed as being in the shoe business at 44 Sumer Street per/the Auditor’s Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Haverhill For The year Ending December 31, 1895.
(Height: 78"; top case width: 36", depth: 18.5”; bottom case width: 38", depth: 19.75”. a single drawer-lip was cracked and glued, all else fine, complete and original)
$10,000.00
424-335
18th Century Philadelphia
Queen Anne Dressing Table, Lowboy
Pennsylvania, circa 1730-1750
Walnut, white cedar and poplar
A rare and lovely dressing table related to a yet to be conclusively identified group of
high chests and dressing tables by “The Elusive Joiner”, an accomplished craftsman
highly skilled in the development of scale and form. The beautifully proportioned case
features the graceful integration of transitional William and Mary (early Baroque) design
elements that speak to its successful design and early date. The [ 33.75 by 20 7/8-inch]
molded overhanging top with notched front corners is over the (17 7/8 by 29 7/8-inch]
case containing three short drawers, each retaining original brass hardware. The
rhythmic treatment of the skirt with its high central Persian arch is common to this small
group of furniture; an incised bead conforms to the front and masterful side profiles. The
front and side apron profiles transition seamlessly as a continuum of the inside lines of
the sawn cabriole legs resting on outstanding ankleted Spanish feet.
See: The American Philosophical Society, APS Library Bulletin, Winter 2001;
Philadelphia Cabinetmaking and Commerce, 1718-1753: The Account Book of John
Head, Joiner by Jay Robert Stiefel. Figure 18, a high chest on cabriole legs with
Spanish feet and with identical apron is pictured and discussed. Figures 26, 27, and 28
depict dressing tables from this group owned by Dr. Richard Mones, Private Collections
and Skip Chalfant; also, a high chest in the Stenton Mansion Museum, Philadelphia
country home of James Logan, colonial Mayor of Philadelphia and Chief Justice of
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
$18,500.00
843-324
18th Century Carved Bonnet Top Highboy
Connecticut, Circa 1765-1780
Cherry, period brasses in original piercings
Full bonnet, potently molded broken arch pediment above fan-carved short drawer
flanked by short drawers above four long drawers…all thumb-molded. Lower case with
single long drawer over three short drawers, the center features wonderfully conceived
and executed carving. The stiles and triple arcade apron display unusual inlays…the
whole raised on cabriole legs resting on turned pad feet. The tall chest is in old finish
and in generally good condition; some roof boards are old replacements; bottom drawer
of top case has a cracked lip to bottom drawer. Believe it-or-not, this is a marriage made
in heaven. (Height: 82”, 87” to tip of finial; width of bottom case: 36”, depth: 22”)
$8,350.00
424-340
Antique Carved Cherrywood Lowboy, Queen Anne Dressing Table, Original Brasses
Connecticut, Circa 1760
Cherry, white pine and poplar
Overhanging molded top above one long over pair of short drawers flanking fan-carved center
drawer…all thumb molded and overhanging; shaped skirt, cabriole legs resting on pad feet.
(Height: 32.5"; width: 35.5"; depth: 22.5")
$7,750.00
271-62
Antique 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”).
$8,500.00
270-148
Antique Highboy, Figured Walnut,
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")
$9,750.00
270-155
Antique Highboy, Bonnet Top Queen Anne, Carved Cherrywood Connecticutt , 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”.)
$28,000
843-274
Antique 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”)
$8,250
270-142
Antique Queen Anne Highboy, Diminutive
Rich Color and Patina
New England, Maple
Likely Rhode Island, C. 1725-1750
High chest of drawers with flat top, molded projecting cornice; upper section having four graduated
thumb molded drawers; lower case having three aligned drawers all above a triple arcade apron
and drop finials; the sides displaying ogee cutout profiles. The whole raised on delicate
cabriole legs resting on well-shaped feet with full pads
(Base: 34 by 35.5 by 19.5"; top: 35 by 31 by 18.5")
$4,825
271-44
Antique 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
Coastal Massachusetts high chest of drawers featuring two carved fans;
the upper section with molded crest centering a plinth flanked by two others, above the case with
shell-carved central drawer flanked by a pair of short drawers and above four long graduated drawers;
the lower section a pair of short drawers over three short aligned drawers, the triple arcade
shaped skirt with pendant drops, raised on cabriole legs ending in pad feet
(The period brasses in original borings are not original; H: 86"; W: 38"; D: 21")
$19,250
271-41
Antique Flat Top Highboy, Newport
Detachable Legs, Slipper Feet, Maple
Newport, Rhode Island, Mid 18th C.
In two parts, the upper section with applied molded cornice projecting above two short aligned
drawers over four long graduated [thumb molded] drawers; the lower section featuring deep
mid-molding above a single long over three short drawers…all above a shaped skirt raised on
cabriole legs resting on slipper feet. (Refinished in mahoganized surface
Replaced hardware, leg cavity blocks are replaced, H: 69"; W: 37.25"; D: 22"
$14,000
271-43
Antique 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). The legs are joined by a triple arcade apron in the taste of the William and Mary period; side aprons feature a subtle cupid’s bow cutout. It is interesting that the drawer sides are rived and delicately molded. The wood is a warm pumpkin-brownish pine color with decent patina; originally painted brown as 9is evidenced by intact full-coverage paint remaining on top-boards. The brasses are period 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
Antique Highboy, Queen Anne, Bonnet Top 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”)
$12,250
270-119
Antique Highboy, Fan Carved, Claw and Ball Feet, Old Surface, Walnut
North Shore Massachusetts, 1750 to 1760
This item just in, more information to follow, please call if interested
(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")
$7,750
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