Clothespress

Dateca. 1780

Artist/Maker Henry Kettle

MediumMahogany, mahogany veneer on drawers and upper doors; secondary wood: oak.

DimensionsOH: 73 1/2"; OW (at feet): 49 1/4"; OD(at feet ): 24 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1983-223

DescriptionClothespress with molded cornice with a pierced Greek key molding above two large paneled doors with scalloped shaping to chamfered panels and surrounding frame; interior of upper case contains four sliding clothing trays; lower case with two short drawers above two long graduated drawers each with cock beaded molding around the perimeter of the drawer front; quarter round base molding above shaped bracket feet; brass bail and rosette drawer pulls and inset brass escutcheons.
InscribedPaper label in bottom of top, right drawer: "Henry Kettle / (Successor to Mr. Philip Bell) / CABINET-MAKER / Upholder & Undertaker, / at No. 25 , in / St. Pauls Church-Yard / LONDON."
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