Chest of Drawers, ca. 1747, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned maple, white pine, 70 1/4 x 39 5/8

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Chest of Drawers, ca. 1747, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned maple, white pine, 70 1/4 x 39 5/8 x 21 in. ( x x cm), Furniture, Both this high chest and its matching dressing table are remarkably well preserved, with their tortoiseshell backgrounds—created by streaking lampblack onto a vermillion ground. The painted decoration, which includes a fantastical dragon and winged swans pulling a chariot with a shell-shaped back, is noticeably different from that on the suite of japanned furniture owned by the Pickman family of Salem

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