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        "tombstone": "Highboy, 1700\u20131720. America, Massachusetts, William and Mary style, 18th century. Burled maple veneer with walnut herringbone bandings; overall: 158.4 x 94 x 52.8 cm (62 3/8 x 37 x 20 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals, 1986.207",
        "current_location": "204 Colonial American",
        "title": "Highboy",
        "creation_date": "1700\u20131720",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Furniture",
        "type": "Furniture and woodwork",
        "measurements": "Overall: 158.4 x 94 x 52.8 cm (62 3/8 x 37 x 20 13/16 in.)",
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                    "id": 310034,
                    "title": "Year in Review for 1986",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).",
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                "description": "(Israel Sack); Mrs. Giles Whiting; (SPB, New York, 14-22 April 1972, #571); Gordon D. Meals.",
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        "description": "One of the most notable developments in American furniture around 1700 was the introduction of \"highboys\" --- tall chests of drawers on high stands. These chests, often with bases having elaborately turned legs connected by a framework of stretchers, resemble closely English examples of the late 1600s during the reign of William and Mary. The decoration consists almost entirely of thin layers, or veneers, of richly patterned wood. These veneers were cut from burls (tumorlike growths on trees) and then carefully assembled and glued to create symmetrical patterns like those seen on the front of this highboy. The brass pulls on the drawers are typical of this period and may be original.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1986.207-highboy"
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            {
                "citation": "Turner, Evan H. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1986.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38\u201379.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 59; Mentioned: p. 62, no. 43",
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                "citation": "Adams, Henry. <em>What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.",
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