Affleck, Thomas (American cabinetmaker, 1740-1795)

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Apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in Edinburgh and London, Thomas Affleck emigrated to Philadelphia in 1763. His clients included wealthy Philadelphians, some of them fellow Quakers. He also was politically active during the Revolutionary era. For more biographical information, see Philadelphia: Three Centuries of Art (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), pp. 98-99.

From the description of Chest, ca. 1763-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378980

From the description of Chest, ca. 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378487

From the description of Accounts with Levi Hollingsworth [photostats], 1779-1784. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 441862565

From the description of Fire screen, 1770-1771. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379078

From the description of Fire screen, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379079

From the description of Clock, 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379082

From the description of Chair, ca. 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379040

From the description of Chest, 1763-1795. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378985

From the description of Clock, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379090

From the description of Table, ca. 1765. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378994

From the description of Chair, 1770-1771. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378478

From the description of Chest, ca. 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378485

From the description of Chair, 1763-1780. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379018

From the description of Chest, 1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378982

From the description of Chest, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378482

From the description of Chair, 1763-1795. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379069

From the description of Table, ca. 1763-1795. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379074

From the description of Chest, 1763-1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378972

From the description of Chair, 1794. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378480

From the description of Chair, ca. 1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379049

From the description of Chair, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379044

From the description of Chair, ca. 1769-1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379052

From the description of Table, 1763-1795. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379011

From the description of Table, ca. 1768. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379007

From the description of Chair, ca. 1790-1793. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379062

From the description of Chest, 1779. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378988

From the description of Chair, 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379035

From the description of Chair, ca. 1790. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379055

From the description of Chest, ca. 1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378976

Apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in Edinburgh and London, Thomas Affleck emigrated to Philadelphia in 1763. His clients included wealthy Philadelphians, some of them fellow Quakers. He also was politically active during the Revolutionary era. For more biographical information, see Philadelphia: Three Centuries of Art (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), pp. 98-99. James B. Reynolds was a carver and gilder active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from ca. 1767 to ca. 1798.

From the description of Table, 1770-1771. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379110

Apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in Edinburgh and London, Thomas Affleck emigrated to Philadelphia in 1763. His clients included wealthy Philadelphians, some of them fellow Quakers. He also was politically active during the Revolutionary era. For more biographical information, see Philadelphia: Three Centuries of Art (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), pp. 98-99.

Hercules Courtenay (sometimes Courteney) was a carver and gilder from London. He was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ca. 1769. For an article on Courtenay's carving, see Antiques, May 1987, p. 1044-1063.

From the description of Chest, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378974

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Evans, Elijah. Clock, ca. 1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, 1763-1795. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Table, 1763-1795. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, 1775. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, 1763-1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Clock, 1765-1775. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, ca. 1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, 1794. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Fire screen, 1770-1771. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, ca. 1765-1775. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, 1779. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Fire screen, ca. 1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, ca. 1765-1775. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, ca. 1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, ca. 1790-1793. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, ca. 1769-1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, ca. 1775. Winterthur Library
referencedIn Dowdney, Burrows, ca. 1768-1771. Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, ca. 1775. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, 1763-1795. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Accounts with Levi Hollingsworth [photostats], 1779-1784. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, 1770-1771. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, 1765-1775. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Table, ca. 1768. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Table, 1770-1771. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Clock, ca. 1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Table, ca. 1763-1795. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Table, ca. 1765. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, ca. 1790. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chair, 1763-1780. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, ca. 1770. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, ca. 1763-1775. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Affleck, Thomas, 1740-1795. Chest, ca. 1765-1775. Winterthur Library
Role Title Holding Repository
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associatedWith Courtenay, Hercules, ca. 1744-1784. person
associatedWith Dowdney, Burrows, ca. 1768-1771. person
associatedWith Evans, Elijah. person
associatedWith Hollingsworth, Levi. person
associatedWith Reynolds, James B., 1736-1798. person
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Subject
Chairs
Chests
Clocks and watches
Cupboards
Furniture
Furniture
Furniture
Tables
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Birth 1740

Death 1795

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Americans

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