Press cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
1820 mm (H)1470 mm (W)720 mm (D)
Collection
Grasmere, Cumbria
NT 419364
Summary
Fragment of large press cupboard, dated 1675; in pieces; up-and-down lunette frieze, inscribed 'P 1675'; upper stage (r to l) tall panel, square door, tall panel, half a door, lunette frieze, guilloche rail and stiles, outer upright gadrooned; lower stage in 2 rows - (r to l) lozenge panel, square door, lozenge panel, half a door; lozenge panel, long lozenge door, tall lozenge panel; apparently sawn in half; frieze suggests original length was approx. double; left end of frieze has piece attached projecting forwards - perhaps attached to a wall here. (From Hazel Head, Duddon?). Rear very feeble; hinges rotten; wood mostly sound.
Marks and inscriptions
P 1675