Fire screen, ca. 1770.

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Fire screen, ca. 1770.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/770379079

Mahogany fire screen with needlework panel and round carved finial; fluted columnar shaft on carved pedestal; carved tripod base with cabriole legs, foliage carving on knees and hairy paw feet.

Needlework upholstery.

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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...