Antique 18thC American Federal Queen Anne Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy Salem Massachusetts 1790

A good antique late 18th century mahogany Federal period highboy, chest on stand, Salem Massachusetts, circa 1790.

This two section chest having wonderful proportions: the upper case has a closed bonnet top and arched molded pediment, with a carved pin-wheel rosette and three caved & gilded finials. The top fitted with a deep central drawer with fan shaped carving and is flanked with two short drawers, there are four graduated drawers below.
The base with one long narrow drawer for silverware, with later fitted dividers, below are three deep drawers, the central drawer with corresponding fan shaped carving, the highboy is raised on graceful cabriole legs that terminate to raised pad feet. 

All the secondary woods are white pine, all the drawers bases are hand chamfered to the underside, the drawers and case are all dovetailed, the original back boards are also local white pine, with original old hand-forged "rose-head" iron nails. 
Replaced brass handles and escutcheons, but with period old 'bat-wing' brass, the highboy has been historically refinished in the late 19th century and has just lovingly  received a coat of wax polish in Bloomsbury's professional workshops.

All the drawers run smoothly, this is a genuine late 1700s New England highboy, ready to grace your space and provide another 235 years of use.

Imperial

87 inches high × 40.5 inches wide × 19.5 inches deep

Metric

high × wide x deep

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