Clothes press
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1790 (and later)
Materials
Mahogany, oak, boxwood, rosewood and brass
Measurements
202 x 142 x 53 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871532
Summary
A mahogany and inlaid clothes press, English, circa 1790 but with later modifications. The later moulded cornice above a pair of paneled doors. The panels inlaid with boxwood stringing and rosewood banding and enclosing three slides. The lower section of two short and two graduated long drawers, all cockbeaded, inlaid and with later handles. Above a shaped apron and outswept bracket feet. The back paneled.
Provenance
Date and method of acquisition not recorded; recorded on early National Trust index record cards as of 'unknown' provenance.