Chippendale Mahogany Clothes Press
Chippendale Mahogany Clothes Press
$68,000.00
English, Mid-18th Century
Height: 6’ 3 ¾”
Width: 4’ 8”
Depth: 26"
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Cf. Edwards, Ralph. The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol. 2. London: Country Life Limited, 1942.
Fig. 19. A “Commode Clothes-Press,” from a design of Chippendale’s dated 1753, and published in the first edition of the Director. (Plate CIV, 1754.)
Fig. 20. Mahogany “Commode Clothes-Press”; the lower portion of bombé form with corners and feet elaborately carved in rococo taste, c. 1755. Height, 6ft. (From Mr. John Newbould.)
