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High chest of drawers (Indianapolis Museum of Art)

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26: 122:, and shell motifs on the drawers. It is carved from Virginia walnut, with brass mounts. An unusual feature is the unbroken top row of narrow drawers, with the elaborate shell-carved drawer above, rather than centered in the row. This is a more constrained and conservative stylistic choice than many other high chests, hinting at an earlier dating within the period. 138:
forced Americans to buy locally. Philadelphia was the largest city in the colonies, and growing rapidly larger thanks to a population boom. Thus, its furniture makers were kept busy crafting pieces such as this, adapting the Chippendale styles demanded by cosmopolitan customers to American tastes and
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in the State of Indiana to the IMA in 1975. It has the accession number 75.99 and is currently on view in the William L. Fortune Gallery.
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250 cm × 109.9 cm × 56.5 cm (98 in × 43.25 in × 22.25 in)
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materials. High chests were particularly popular items, used to store clothing and table linens.
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In 1754, Chippendale published his hugely influential book of furniture patterns,
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They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted (Sez One Gal to Another)
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Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene
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Galinthias Outwits Eileithyia by Announcing the Birth of Heracles
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style is readily visible in this high chest, with its scroll
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Indianapolis Museum of Art: Highlights of the Collection
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The House of the Deaf Woman and the Belfry at Eragny
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Decorative art
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chest of drawers
tallboy
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis
Indiana
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Chippendale
rococo
pediment
finials
Revolutionary War
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Indianapolis Museum of Art
ISBN
0936260777
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Museum of Art
ISBN
0936260203
"high chest of drawers"
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