Filing cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1950
Materials
Oak, brass
Measurements
48 x 84 x 66.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318202
Summary
An oak two-drawer filling cabinet, English, first half 20th century, the rectangular top with raised reeded moulding along the sides and to the front edge, the cabinet front with a reeded rim, the two drawers each with a brass label frame, a brass handle and stop for the internal filling card rod, each drawer a small lock to the outer side, on a base with reeded front corners and projecting moulding around the base.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.