Press cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1860 - circa 1890
Materials
Grained (painted) pine, brass
Measurements
204.47 x 120.65 x 53.34 cm
Place of origin
England
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206816
Summary
A grained pine wardrobe, English, mid- to late 19th century. Topped by a moulded cornice above a pair of paneled doors enclosing four shelves. With two short and two graduated long drawers below. On bracket feet. Painted to resemble oak.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.