Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Bonnet top
Also called hooded top
Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Bonnet top
Also called hooded
top
A round hat-shaped top portion of a highboy, secretary, etc., prevalent in 17th-century and early 18th-century English an American furniture
A type of pediment.
In architecture, referred to a swan's neck pediment
Examples from Buffalo:
- Chippendale highboy - Private collection, Buffalo, NY
- Reproduction Chippendale chest on chest - Kittinger Furniture Company
- George III Secretary - Dana Tillou Fine Arts
- Sheraton chest of drawers - Dana Tillou Fine Arts
- Tall clock - Private collection, Buffalo, NY
- Federal corner cupboard - Private collection, Buffalo, NY
- Queen Anne style highboy - Lang Collection
Other examples:
- Illustration above: Federal bonnet top with rosettes and three urn and flame finials - DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
- Cabinet - Independence Hall, Philadelphia
- Federal mirror -MacKay Homestead, Genesee Country Village, & Museum
- Chippendale (Federal) highboy - Winterthur Museum
- Queen Anne highboy - Winterthur Museum
