High chest of drawers, 1710–25, Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Painted white pine, poplar, basswood, 52 x 39 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (132.1 x 100.3 x 55.2 cm), Furniture, The decoration on this chest, with its oriental motifs and palette of red, orange, and what was originally bright yellow on a black ground, was meant to imitate a technique known as japanning. Beginning in the mid-seventeenth century, imported Japanese and Chinese lacquer cabinets and screens became extremely popular in England
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High chest, drawers, 1710–25, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Painted white pine, poplar, basswood, 52 x 39 1/2 21 3/4, 132.1 100.3 55.2 cm, Furniture, decoration, chest, oriental motifs, palette, red, orange, originally bright, yellow, black ground, meant, imitate, technique, japanning, mid-seventeenth century, imported Japanese, Chinese lacquer, cabinets, screens, extremely popular, England
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