Chest, ca. 1775.

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Chest, ca. 1775.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/770378976

Mahogany chest-on-chest with broken-scroll pediment with carved rosettes, pierced latticework, and central rooster finial; dentil molding and fretwork at cornice; fluted quarter columns at corners; ogee bracket feet.

Mahogany; yellow pine; tulip poplar; white cedar.

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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 descripti...