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THE CURTIS AND BEACH FAMILY QUEEN ANNE HIGHBOY

Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
THE CURTIS AND BEACH FAMILY QUEEN ANNE HIGHBOY
Housatonic River Valley, Probably Stratford, Connecticut Circa 1775

Primary Wood: Cherry
Secondary Wood: Pine

Height: 73 ¾ inches
Width: 41 inches
Depth: 21 ½ inches

Provenance: Descended in the Curtis family to Dorothy Curtis (1787-1873), Stratford Connecticut and her husband Ephriam W. Beach, Trumbull, Connecticut; to Morris Beach Beardsley (label on backboard).

Reference: An article by Edward Cooke entitled Craftsmen-client Relations in the Housatonic Valley, 1720-1800 that appears in The Magazine Antiques, January, 1984, illustrates other highboys with a very similar leg design also from Stratford.

Item number 6168.1

More Information

Period:	18th Century
Creation Date:	1775
Styles / Movements:	Queen Anne
Dealer Reference #:	6168.1
Incollect Reference #:	631397

Dimensions

W.	41 in;	H.	73.75 in;	D.	21.5 in;
W.	104.14 cm;	H.	187.33 cm;	D.	54.61 cm;

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