Object details
Accession number
F17w52
Primary Creator
American, New England
Full title
Highboy
Creation Date
about 1775-1799
Provenance
Probably bequeathed to Isabella Stewart Gardner by her grandmother Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848).
Dimensions
212 x 113.5 x 56.5 cm (83 7/16 x 44 11/16 x 22 1/4 in.)
Display Media
Mahogany and pine
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
William Germain Dooley. "Blocked Front Chest-on-Chest of Boston Make." Boston Evening Transcript (11 June 1932), pp.106-107, ill. (as American, Boston; dated 18th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 123. (as American, New England; dated late 18th century)
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 4.
Kristin A. Mortimer. "Report of the Acting Director." Fenway Court (1988), pp. 62, 68, ill.
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