Highboy, c. 1760-80, Spikey Leaf Carver, American, (Philadelphia), 86 x 44 x 21 1/2 in. ( x x cm), Mahogany and brass (handles), United States, 18th century, Recent scholarship has suggested that the carving on this chest was done by an unknown craftsman, now called the 'Spikey Leaf Carver,' as the spikey veins of his leaves run off the edge of the wood

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