Charleston Made Clothes Press - Desk

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Rutledge Press

Resolution: 200

Name/Title

Charleston Made Clothes Press - Desk

Entry/Object ID

88.3.1

Description

Clothes press Charleston, SC c. 1800 Mahogany with mahogany veneer and cypress Charleston Made Clothes Press/ Desk C.1800. Mahogany. and Mahogany veneers, secondary woods untested but including cypress. Top with Two Solid Wood Doors Over Lower Section of Four Drawers, the Top Drawer Opening To Create a Desk. American Eagle and Thirteen Stars on Pediment. Owned By John Rutledge. Restored By Techne Group in 1990. In two sections, the base on straight bracket feet with two short and two log cock-beaded drawers. The upper section with removeable swan's neck pediment with dentils. The interior fitted with five sliding shelves.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

88.3

Made/Created

Date made

1790 - 1810

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Desk

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Name

Desk & Press

Dimensions

Height

90-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Base W:46.75,D:22.25 Upper Section: W:45.25 D:21.75

Location

Room

204

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Heriot Street storage

Moved By

Westbrook Deliveries

Date

November 1, 2012

Notes

Reason: Construction in house Until: / /

Location

Room

204

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Date

July 28, 2004

Condition

Overall Condition

Not rated

Overall Condition

Excellent

Conservation

Treatment

Conservator

The Techne Group,Inc.

Notes

Scope of work: Completed Conservation treatment of Federal Period secretary/press: A. Pediment. 1. Consolidate frame 2. Tighten veneers 3. Replace missing veneers 4. Straighten urn and tighten 5. Tighten loose inlay borders 6.Fabricate missing string inlay 7. Repair and tighten inlaid corner panels. B. Upper Cabinet. 1. Consolidate case back and frame 2. Repair sides 3. Doors-straighten, repair, tighten string inlay, fabricate and replace where necessary repair and/or replace key escutcheons. repair mouldigs 4. Tighten and fit sliding shelves C. Lower Cabinet. 1. Consolidate frame and feet 2. Tighten loose veneers, fabricate new pieces where necessary 3. Tighten loose string inlay, replace where necessary. 4. Re-align drawers and runners and square 5. Replace missing key escutcheons. 6. Interior-adjust fall board mechanism, re-allign drawers, tighten cubby mouldings, repair and replace where necessary string inlay, aligh and re-hang drawer, duplecate and'or replace with old drawer pulls. re-allign and repair desk runners. 7. Possibly replace drawer pulls D. Finish 1. Clean grime and abrasion damage 2.Colour new patches from restoration 3. Shellac and wax, hand rub and polish 4.Polish brasses, clean hardware E. Misc. 1. Photograph 2. Treatment documentation 3. Pick up and delivery Cost: 10880 Expected completion date: 1990-10-05

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

77.1.1

Exhibition

General Notes

Note

Notes: Additonal conservation work was done by David Beckford in 2002-2003. The drawer pulls are not originally and should be replaced. Status: OK Location Details1: 1

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 13, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023