Livery cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1690 (and later)
Materials
Oak, iron
Measurements
143.5 x 139 x 67 cm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127614
Summary
An oak standing livery or press cupboard, English, late 17th century. Fitted with a moulded cornice above a door of four panels, all with edge moulding, and fitted with a brass knob and 'frog-leg' iron hinges. Fitted to the interior with a pair of shelves. The ends panelled. Raised on a later (19th century) base moulding and four turned and tapering legs with ball feet.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959.