Highboy

Spikey Leaf Carver, c. 1760–80

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. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Spikey Leaf Carver ¹
Date: c. 1760–80 ¹
Medium: Mahogany and brass (handles) ¹
Original: 2,015 × 3,725 px ¹
License: Public domain (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of James F. and Louise H. Bell in memory of James S. and Sallie M. Bell

Object record, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

“Fotosport: sports weekly for boys,” I, no. 5, 24 November 1951, p. 8

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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