Clothes Press

Attributed to Thomas Affleck American

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Clothes presses, common in England, were rarely made in colonial Philadelphia. The design of this one was influenced by plates in Thomas Chippendale’s "Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director" (1754 and 1762 eds.). The doors of the upper section hide twelve drawers; those of the lower section, three sliding trays. The sliding shelf in between was for folding the clothes to be stored inside.

Clothes Press, Attributed to Thomas Affleck (1740–1795), Mahogany, yellow pine, eastern white cedar, tulip poplar, American

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Clothes Press, Attributed to Thomas Affleck (1740–1795), Mahogany, yellow pine, eastern white cedar, tulip poplar, American
Clothes Press, Attributed to Thomas Affleck (1740–1795), Mahogany, yellow pine, eastern white cedar, tulip poplar, American
Clothes Press, Attributed to Thomas Affleck (1740–1795), Mahogany, yellow pine, eastern white cedar, tulip poplar, American
Clothes Press, Attributed to Thomas Affleck (1740–1795), Mahogany, yellow pine, eastern white cedar, tulip poplar, American

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