Clothes press
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
oak, cedar & ebony
Measurements
1580 mm (Width); 2370 mm (L)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288303
Summary
Large oak clothes press with double doors in the top and three full-width drawers. The top cornice is moulded in oak with stained oak edging. The frieze also has ebonised edging. The doors have arched panels with cross-banding within ebonized bands. The drawers have similar cross-banding and ebonised moulding, each with two turned ebony knobs. Inside the top are four sliding shelves with oak fronts, the interior of shelves and drawers of cedarwood. Solid base.