Corner cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770 - circa 1810
Materials
Painted deal, gilt brass
Measurements
86.5 x 57 x 34.6 cm
Place of origin
Netherlands
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, East of England, National Trust
NT 206698
Summary
A polychrome-decorated bow-front corner cupboard, Dutch, late 18th/early 19th century. Of two doors with decorative brass hinges. Decorative with cream shaped reserves painted with polychrome flowers and bouquets, all against a black ground. With upper and lower mouldings. Enclosing shelves.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.