Detail View: The AMICA Library: Highboy
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.84.52
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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manufacturer
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Creator Name-CRT:
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artist unknown
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Title:
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Highboy
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1730 - 1740
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Creation Start Date:
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1730
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Creation End Date:
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1740
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Materials and Techniques:
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walnut, maple, white pine as a secondary wood
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Classification Term:
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Furniture
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Creation Place:
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Massachusettes; Boston
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Dimensions:
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H.65 x W.37-1/2 x D.21 in.
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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84.52
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Credit Line:
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The Driscoll Art Accessions Endowment Fund and The Julia B. Bigelow Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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This piece, a very early example of the Queen Anne style in the American colonies, is very successfully conceived. 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. A factor that influenced its purchase by the Institute is its complete documentation: it descended in the Kimbell family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.2282c.tif
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