Some Treasures of a Collector 
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. L. SCHWARTZ 
A VERY RARE HIGHBOY 
A BLOCK front, bonnet top highboy of about 
1770; made of finest Spanish mahogany; 
all original except the handles and the three 
finials or plumes, but which are copies of the old 
ones. This highboy represents the highest type of 
Colonial cabinet-making and was undoubtedly made 
in Philadelphia, where there evidently lived several 
very fine cabinet-makers from whose workshops 
came most of the scroll-top highboys and “pie crust” 
tables found in America. The highboy here de¬ 
scribed is considered the finest piece of Colonial 
furniture that has appeared for a number of years, 
and has a commercial value of considerably over a 
thousand dollars. It is seven feet two inches high. 
A SIX-LEGGED CHEST OF DRAWERS 
This article of furniture is known as a “ six-legged ” 
chest of drawers and belongs to the “Queen Anne” 
or “Walnut” Period, that is to say, from 1700 to 
1750. 
They are among the desiderata of American 
collectors and are extremely difficult to find. The 
one here described came from the vicinity of Phila¬ 
delphia, is made of American black walnut, dates 
from about 1740, and is very finely proportioned; the 
turning of the legs being extremely good. It is all 
original except the handles and some of the under¬ 
bracing. Its height is five feet five inches. 
A FINE CHIPPENDALE BOOKCASE 
A Chippendale bookcase. Height to top of urn 
seven feet, width forty-four inches; height of base 
from floor twenty-six inches. Made of American 
walnut. Date about 1760. Belonged to a Vir¬ 
ginia family. The more ordinary type of bookcase 
of this period (although a rare American example) 
the finest having elaborately carved mouldings 
surmounted with a bust instead of an urn. 
AN UNUSUAL CURLY MAPLE HIGHBOY 
A very early and unusual highboy of curly maple, 
which age has made a most beautiful color. It is 
rather difficult to date this piece of furniture, because 
of the Spanish foot (which was stained brown.) The 
Spanish foot and the Flemish foot were those in gen¬ 
eral use upon chairs of the latter part of the seven¬ 
teenth century. The remainder of the highboy has 
the characteristics of the “Queen Anne” period, 
consequently it may date anywhere from 1690 to 
1735. I he drawers are on side runners, as was the 
custom during the seventeenth century and early 
years of the eighteenth; they are also lined with oak. 
The curved moulding in the cornice contains a 
drawer. This highboy was found in Philadelphia. 
Height five feet eleven inches. 
A FOUR-POSTER OF HEPPLEWHITE TYPE 
A finely-proportioned bed of the Hepplewhite type 
made about 1785. The head columns, as was gen¬ 
erally the rule, follow the form of the lower ones, 
but are not carved. This bed came from Virginia. 
AN AMERICAN EMPIRE BED 
An American Empire bed of the richest design. 
All four posts are beautifully carved (which is 
unusual) as well as the headboard. This bed is of 
medium size, was made about 1820, and was found 
in Charleston, S. C. While beds of this style are 
quite common, such beautiful ones are rare. 
A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SECRETARY 
A rare and beautiful secretary of either Hepple¬ 
white or Sheraton design and made about 1790-1800. 
It is of a rich mottled mahogany with a light ground. 
At the sides are inlaid pilasters made of alterna¬ 
ting strips of satinwood and ebony, above which 
are classical figures of satinwood upon a light green 
ground. 
The upper panel has a centerpiece of satinwood 
upon a similar green ground, which is bordered by a 
large line of satinwood, which in turn is bordered by 
smaller lines composed of various colored woods. This 
panel, as well as the two doors below and the top are 
inlaid with a large strip of ebony bordered by two 
lines of satinwood, while in the corners of each angle 
are fans of satinwood on a green ground. The in¬ 
terior is similarly inlaid. As the drawers are lined 
with oak this desk must have been made in England 
and imported to America. Similar pieces made in 
America would have the drawers lined with pine. 
This fine article of furniture was discovered in Balti¬ 
more. It measures four feet one inch in height and 
three feet one inch in width. The candelabra on the 
top of the secretary is a very graceful one, found in 
a Philadelphia antique shop. In one of the illustra¬ 
tions of the secretary is shown a very rare and very 
beautiful Sheffield inkstand which at one one time 
belonged to an old Maryland family. It is in three 
parts and is seven and one-half inches high. 
