A VERY FINE AND RARE CARVED CHERRYWOOD SHOW TOWEL RACK, PENNSYLVANIA, 18TH CENTURY |

appears to retain its original surface.

Skip Chalfant, West Chester, Pennsylvania;
Vogel Collection no. 688.

Overall fine condition. Wear commensurate with age and use.
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This is likely a Pennsylvania German towel rack used to display decorative hand sewn and stitched show towels that were made by women of the household.  For examples of Pennsylvania show towels see Beatrice B. Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection, (Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982), p. 271-6, nos. 1-19.