Clothespress

about 1740

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneered on oak, deal (pine), brass, glass, with later gilding

DimensionsOverall: 248.9 x 116 cm (98 x 45 11/16 in.)
Other (Storage width; including all): 63.4 cm (24 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Albert Sack

Accession number1971.737

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ClassificationsFurniture

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Inscriptions"BOND" stamped on inside of proper right carcass behind fourth drawer from top.

ProvenanceAccording to family tradition, originally owned by Charles Apthorp (1698-1758), Boston; 1758, by inheritance to his widow, Grizzelle Eastwicke Apthorp (1709-1796); 1796, by inheritance to her son James Apthorp (1731-1799), Boston; 1799, by inheritance to his widow, Sarah Wentworth Apthorp (1735-1820); 1820, by inheritance to her daughter Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton (Mrs. Perez Morton) (1759-1846); by inheritance to her granddaughter, Griselda Eastwicke Cunningham Clinch (Mrs. Joseph Hart Clinch, Sr.) (1810-1873); 1873, by inheritance to her daughter Sarah Apthorp Cunningham Clinch Bond (Mrs. Richard Fifield Bond) (1835-1914); 1914, by inheritance to her son William Cranch Bond (1860-about 1946); about 1946, by inheritance to her daughter Miriam Apthorp (Bond) Bantz (1901-1965), Old Lyme, CT; 1965, to her husband, Melvern G. Bantz (1901-1966), Old Lyme, CT; 1968, sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York; Albert Sack (1915-2011), New York.