Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
ebonised wood and earthenware
Measurements
1430 x 940 mm
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Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
On show at
Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire, Midlands, National Trust
NT 637283
Summary
A late 19th century cabinet in the aesthetic taste, of ebonised wood, uprights and rails fluted and gilt. The cabinet raised on turned peg feet above a shelf with open front, panelled back and arcaded sides, with a fall front inset with three blue and white tiles of naked nymphs in roundels above; a further fall front cupboard supported on turned columns with the fall front inset with different blue and white tiles of animals in roundels above; the whole surmounted by a gallery of turned spindles between fluted and gilded rails. To the sides of both cupboards geometrically patterned polychrome tiles are set.
Provenance
Purchased from John Montgomery-Massingberd 16 February 1990