Clothes press
Hobbs and Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1875 - 1890
Materials
Walnut, brass, cedar, softwood
Measurements
205 x 122 x 60 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 119443.2
Summary
A walnut clothes press, English, last quarter 19th century, part of a set of four pieces of bedroom furniture comprising a combination wardrobe [NT 119443.1], a dressing table [NT 119443.3] and a pot cupboard [NT 119443.4]. All with locks by Hobbs & Co. of London. One of the wardrobe doors with a door bolt marked 'W. TONKS & SONS / REGISTERED / APRIL 16 1873'. Topped by a moulded and dentilled cornice above a pair of fielded paneled doors enclosing slides, above two short and two long drawers with fielded fronts. All raised on a plinth base. With moulded rails and brass fittings throughout, including pierced hinges and handle backplates.
Provenance
The pot cupboard [NT 119443.4] which is part of the same set of bedroom furniture with provenance notes stating that it was introduced to Greenway by Agatha Christie Mallowan (1890-1976) and was listed in an inventory taken just before the house was requisitioned by the American Navy in 1942. Given to the National Trust by Mrs Rosalind Hicks (d. 2004), Anthony Hicks (d. 2005) and Mathew Prichard in 2006, and accepted in 2007.
Marks and inscriptions
Locks: HOBBS & CO. LONDON / LEVER / MACHINE MADE
Makers and roles
Hobbs and Co., locksmith