Highboy
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1775-1799
Place MadeNew England, United States, North America
MediumMahogany and pine
Dimensions212 x 113.5 x 56.5 cm (83 7/16 x 44 11/16 x 22 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF17w52
eMuseum ID719743
EmbARK ObjectID11992
TMS Source ID1141
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesWilliam 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.
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.
ProvenanceNotesProbably bequeathed to Isabella Stewart Gardner by her grandmother Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848).
