Dresser base
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900 (with earlier elements)
Materials
Oak, metal
Measurements
75 x 93.5 x 52.4 cm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 495344.2
Summary
The base of an oak high dresser, English, comprising some 18th century elements but other elements probably late 19th/early 20th century. The rack [NT 495344.1]. Enclosed, and having a top with moulded edge above three edge-moulded and banded drawers and three cupboard doors, all with conforming applied geometric mouldings. On a moulded bracket plinth and with panelled ends. The boarded rack with a moulded cornice and a full-length shelf above a further shelf between two flanking cupboards, the panelled doors with applied geometric mouldings.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust circa 2012