Commode Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

1753

Not on view

Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse with a change in the decoration for the door on the right (left in the print) as plate CIV in the 1754 and 1755 editions, and renumbered as plate CXXXI in the 1762 edition.

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Title: Commode Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II
Artist: Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
Published in: London
Date: 1753
Medium: Black ink, gray wash, graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (21.4 x 34.7 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.40.2(70)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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