High chest of drawers, 1710–25, Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Painted white pine, poplar

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High chest of drawers, 1710–25, Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Painted white pine, poplar, basswood, 52 x 39 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. ( x x cm), Furniture, The decoration on this chest, with its oriental motifs and palette of red, orange, and what was originally bright yellow on a black ground, was meant to imitate a technique known as japanning. Beginning in the mid-seventeenth century, imported Japanese and Chinese lacquer cabinets and screens became extremely popular in England

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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