CHIPPENDALE CARVED FLAT TOP HIGHBOY

Newport, Rhode Island   Circa 1760

Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Woods: Chestnut, Pine, Maple

Height: 70 3/4 inches
Width: 41 inches
Depth: 20 3/4 inches

Reference: Please see “Silver Jublilee Exhibitors,” The Magazine Antiques October 1951, p. 262; Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., “Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms: Part 2,” The Connoisseur August 1972 p. 286, fig. 5; and Laura Beach, “The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple’s Lifelong Love of Antiques,” Antiques and Fine Art Summer 2005, p. 124. Listed in the Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF339.

Provenance: John S. Walton, New York; Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., Newport, Rhode Island.

Item Number: 7293