Mahogany Queen Anne Highboy Base (Now Server), circa 1770
Located in Providence, RI
Highboys are made in two parts, of which ours is the lower. They were frequently separated; the base with a board over it of related wood and the chest would now have feet, and serve...
Mahogany
HENKEL HARRIS 146 Solid Wild Black Cherry Queen Anne Highboy Chest
By Henkel Harris
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Queen Anne style highboy chest of drawers by Henkel Harris of Winchester, Virginia, USA.
Brass
Sold|$24,000
New England Highboy American Period
Located in Charleston, SC
Wonderful period Queen Anne highboy in perfect condition with original period brasses and original drops.
New England Queen Anne Petite Highboy
Located in Kensington, MD
Walnut Queen Anne style 9 drawers. Base height 28.5, Top height 30.5
Walnut
STICKLEY Cherry Queen Anne Style Highboy Chest
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Queen Anne style highboy chest by Stickley Furniture, a Leopold Stickley original.
Brass
Sold|$7,900
Queen Anne Cherry Highboy
Located in Sheffield, MA
Queen Anne cherry highboy, nicely refinished, and boasting delicate cabriole legs, pad feet and beautiful fan carvings.
Queen Anne Style Carved Maple Flat-Top Highboy
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A carved maple two-piece highboy with a flat cornice top over a chest of two short drawers over five graduated long drawers. The base displays a chest with a single long drawer over ...
Maple
LAMMERT’S FURNITURE Mahogany Queen Anne Style Highboy Chest
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Queen Anne style highboy chest by Lammert's Furniture, of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Brass
COUNCILL CRAFTSMEN Mahogany Queen Anne Style Highboy Chest
By Councill
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Queen Anne style highboy chest by Councill Craftsmen.
Brass
18th Century New England Queen Anne Tiger Maple Highboy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Queen Anne Tiger maple highboy. The upper dovetailed case with molded cornice over five long graduated drawers, fitted to the two waist-molded case of a long drawer over three aligne...
Maple
Sold|$37,000
Queen Anne Flat-Top Highboy
Located in Litchfield, CT
Connecticut
Having two drawers above three graduated drawers, the lower case is fitted with a waist molding above a long drawer and three smaller drawers. The central drawer i...
Maple, Sycamore
Sold|$58,000
Queen Anne Bonnet-Top Highboy
Located in Litchfield, CT
Signed and dated, "February 1789", Lansborough, in the shop of Capt. Newal" Lansborough, Massachusetts, Connecticut River Valley. Having wonderful proportions, the upper case has ...
Cherry
LINK-TAYLOR Solid Heirloom Mahogany Queen Anne Style Highboy Chest
By Lexington Furniture 1
Located in Charlotte, NC
A highboy chest in the Queen Anne style made by Link-Taylor.
Brass
American Massachusetts Queen Anne Maple Highboy with Cabriole Legs, Circa 1750
Located in Wells, ME
American Queen Anne Massachusetts maple two part highboy with cabriole legs, pad feet, shaped skirt and bold cornice.
Maple, Pine
Sold|$1,295
MINIATURE QUEEN ANNE STYLE MAHOGANY HIGHBOY
Located in Bedford, NY
TOP SECTION WITH DOUBLE SWAN'S NECK PEDIMENT AND THREE URNS ON PLYNTHS, OVER A FAN CARVED & MOLDED CENTER DRAWER FLANKED BY TWO PLAIN DRAWERS WITH THREE GRADUATED LONG DRAWERS BELOW...
Mahogany
American Queen Anne Walnut and Birch Highboy New England circa 1765
Located in Hallowell, US
New England highboy with fan set in skirt, elegant proportions. I have no tolerance for a mediocre high chest, the legs are original and seem to be birch (New England frugality-sides...
Walnut
Sold|$6,125
American Queen Anne Flat Top Maple Highboy
Located in Wilson, NC
American Queen Anne flat top maple highboy, with cove cornice, upper section with carved fan drawer flanked by two drawers over four drawers retaining original brass pulls.
Brass
Connecticut River Valley Queen Anne Cherry Highboy
Located in Woodbury, CT
An early flat-topped slightly diminutive high chest (chest of six drawers on a three drawer stand). The cherry case of two parts features a FAN CARVED top center drawer, a shaped ap...
Chestnut
Queen Anne Cherry Bonnet-Top Highboy, New England
Located in Sarasota, FL
A New England Queen Anne cherry bonnet-top highboy in two parts.
Cherry
Queen Anne Tiger Maple Server, Highboy Base, Rhode Island
Located in Providence, RI
At one time, this was the base of a two-part traditional highboy, to which beautiful antique matching tiger maple boards were added to the top of the base, facilitating as it's use a...
Sold|$3,500
Charak Highboy
By Charak Furniture Company
Located in Stamford, CT
Charak hand made superb quality highboy. Bonnet top, carved finials, dated and stamped inside drawer 1931 Queen Anne Style.
Queen Anne Walnut Tray Top Tea Table, probably New Hampshire, c.1730-60
Located in Providence, RI
Note the beautiful skirt, which is similar to many New England highboy bases. (See the Queen Anne Tiger Maple highboy in our private collection.)
Walnut
Sold|$9,800
Highboy
Located in Boston, MA
A wonderful 18th C Queen Anne Cherrywood highboy from New England with cabriole legs & pad feet.
Cherry
Sold|$2,800
Boston Queen Anne Mahogany Highboy
Located in Bridport, CT
Circa 1725, cabriole legs - period brass pulls Apron configuration on claw and ball feet. There are seven rows of dovetailed drawers each open smoothly.
Mahogany
Newport Queen Anne Tiger Maple Highboy - Christopher Townsend Shop
By Townsend Shop
Located in Woodbury, CT
An earliest Townsend Shop flat-topped high chest or 'highboy', of subtle tiger and figured maple; with an upper case of five drawers and a lower case of four drawers, raised on Queen...
Pine, Chestnut, Maple
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