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Artist:
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Spikey Leaf Carver
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Title:
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Highboy
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Date:
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c. 1760-1780
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Medium:
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Mahogany and brass (handles)
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Dimensions:
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86 x 44 x 21 1/2 in. (218.44 x 111.76 x 54.61 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of James F. and Louise H. Bell in memory of James S. and Sallie M. Bell
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Location:
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Gallery 332
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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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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Spikey Leaf Carver
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Nationality:
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American
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Life Dates:
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American (Philadelphia)
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Furniture
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Physical Description:
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Chippendale style
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Accession #:
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31.23
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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