Cupboard
Liberty and Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880 - 1900
Materials
Oak
Measurements
122 x 51 x 48 cm
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1214014
Summary
An oak dwarf cupboard, English, retailed by Liberty & Co., circa 1880-1900. Enclosed by a pair of doors with linenfold-carved panels and brass strap hinges, the lock stamped LIBERTY & CO. LTD, LONDON, the stand with stop-chamfered short square legs joined by an H-stretcher.
Full description
Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843-1917) opened his own store in 1875 with a £2000 loan from his future father-in-law. Liberty's collection of ornaments, textiles and objets d'art from the Middle East and Asia proved irresistible to a society intoxicated at the time by Japan and the East. In 1880, a furniture department opened under the direction of Leonard. F. Wyburd and an Anglo-Oriental hybrid style for furniture and objects developed, soon embracing designers from the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements and introducing the now famous range of Art Nouveau Tudric and Cymric pewter.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust by Peter Rose in 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
On the lock: LIBERTY & CO. LTD, LONDON
Makers and roles
Liberty and Co., retailer