1710-1730 American (Massachusetts) High chest of drawers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - From the curators&#39; comments: &#34;[The] high chest of drawers was the most prestigious piece of furniture in the early eighteenth century. Built in separate upper and lower sections, it was characterized in this period by a skirt and stretchers enlivened by curves and turned legs and feet on which bulbous shapes were boldly juxtaposed to narrow tapers.&#34;