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Highboy attributed to Elisha Cushing, Jr.

Creator: Elisha Cushing, Jr. (Attributed)
Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
Attributed to Elisha Cushing, Jr. (1746-1829)

Primary Wood: Cherry
Secondary Woods: Maple, Birch, Sycamore, White Pine

Reference: This highboy is illustrated and discussed in Brock Jobe, Gary Sullivan and Jack O’Brien Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts 1710-1850, pages 236-238, number 82. It was exhibited in the related show at Winterthur, Spring 2009 and at the Nantucket Historical Society, Summer-Fall 2009.

Provenance: Caleb William Prouty (1810-1876) of Scituate, Massachusetts; to his son John Ensign Otis (born 1840); to his daughter Mary Welthea Prouty (born 1873); to her daughter Hilda M. Stenbeck (born about 1907); to a descendant.

More Information

Origin:	United States, Massachusetts
Period:	18th Century
Creation Date:	Hingham, Massachusetts, Circa 1795
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	6926
Incollect Reference #:	200640

Dimensions

W.	42.375 in;	H.	84 in;	D.	20.25 in;
W.	107.63 cm;	H.	213.36 cm;	D.	51.44 cm;

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