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Sculptural Downton Abbey Laundry Pincers

$1,950

£1,479.62

€1,691.81

CA$2,723.62

A$3,028.30

CHF 1,581.21

MX$36,861.74

NOK 20,175.54

SEK 18,903.52

DKK 12,626.27

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About the Item

A pair of over-scale laundry pincers used at the turn of the century by a laundress in a great country house like that depicted in Downton Abbey for removing cotton sheets from vats, (below stairs of course). In beautifully patinated sycamore with pleasing, balanced sculptural lines. Treen

Dimensions:

Height: 51 in (129.54 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Sycamore

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

1900-1909

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1900

Condition:

Seller Location:

Greenwich, CT

Reference Number:

Seller: xpqygsrqgnpl1stDibs: LU798313400551

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