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Vintage Dresser Madame Pompadour Highboy - $1,800 (Murray Hill)
35th near Park Ave
condition:
good
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/4282
'High chest of drawers
American
1762–65
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 752
European artisans flocked to the British colonies and plied their knowledge of foreign fashions to suit the tastes of local patrons. This chest’s scrolled pediment with a figural finial bust resembles plates in The Gentlemen and Cabinet Maker’s Director (1754) by British craftsman Thomas Chippendale. Similarly, the serpent-and-swan motif on the bottom drawer is based on a design by London carver Thomas Johnson in A New Book of Ornaments (1762). As true of period portraiture, furnishings reveal colonists’ awareness of European trends. The owner of this chest would have neatly stowed their couture and household linens safely in its drawers.'
Note that this massive vintage is over 8ft Tall. Handmade and a true amazing example of American craftsmanship.
Because of the size and weight, Pick Up only please.