Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
ca. 1700
1911.38
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Clothes press
Object name
Clothes press
Date
1787-1797
Medium
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, white pine, tulip poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 89 1/2 x 56 x 23 3/4 in. ( 227.3 x 142.2 x 60.3 cm )
Description
Mahogany and mahogany-veneer Federal clothes press; upper case of solid mahogany with projecting cornice and five sliding trays behind two mahogany-veneered doors; mahogany-veneered lower case has three graduated drawers above bracket feet; brass bail handles and other hardware appears to be original; top drawer in lower case has maker's label.
Credit Line
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number
1945.362
Marks
maker's label: affixed to outside of tray front: "Tho.s Burling/Cabinet & Chair Maker/No. 56 Beekman Street/New York/Godwin sculpt"
Gallery Label
According to tradition, this clothes press was given by Judge David A. Ogden (1770-1829) to his wife, Rebecca Cornell Edwards, whom he married in 1797. They went to Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York in 1811. The clothes press was purchased from Mrs. E.S. Coleman (Emilie Ogden), the great-granddaughter of Judge Ogden.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
