Corner cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Paint, japanning, brass hinges.
Measurements
91.5 x 56 x 38.5 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1331958.1
Summary
One of a near pair of Chinoiserie decorated bowfront hanging corner cupboards, English, circa 1800. Each painted in black and red to simulate tortoiseshell and depicting figures, some on horse-back and/or buildings, some in landscapes, each with three shelves enclosed by a pair of doors with pierced brass butterfly hinges, some differences in the detail. In notebook no.4, page 31 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Seraphim 19. Bow-fronted lacquer corner cupbd. with chinoiserie decoration on mock turtle shell ground'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, Page 31