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View full screenClothes press of mahogany, with swan-necked pediment, two-door cabinet and four-drawer chest, made by William (Deacon) Brodie of Edinburgh in 1786
H.KL 157
Brodie, William, Deacon, 1741 - 1788
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
1786
Wood, mahogany
Francis Bamford, 'A Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers', London, 1983, p.26, and illustrated, pl. 27.
Mary Ann Apicella, 'Scottish Cabinetmakers in Federal New York', Hanover, 2007, p.74, illustrated.
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