An Early Victorian Period Comb-Work Painted Pine Dresser Base c.1835-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine James and Patrick Clark began

James and Patrick Clark began a loom equipment and silk thread business and in 1802 James Coats set up a weaving business

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An Early Victorian Period Comb-Work Painted Pine Dresser Base c.1835-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine James and Patrick Clark beganOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1835 45Width: 72. 5 Height: 34Depth: 24 (all at top)The beautifully time worn and paint splattered comb work painted pine carcass, at six feet wide, having a later one plank top, over an arrangement of three long graduated drawers to each flank, to one short drawer to the centre over a central fielded panelled lockable cupboard with internal shelf, each with largely the original knob