Cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Mahogany, oak carcass, brass escutcheons
Measurements
242 x 165 x 57.5 cm
Place of origin
Netherlands
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Knightshayes Court, Devon
NT 540630
Summary
A figured mahogany press cupboard / armoire, Dutch, circa 1780. The upper section with swag-hung pediment flanked by a pierced Vitruvian scroll gallery above a plain frieze, enclosed by a pair of large panelled doors applied with swag festoons and bellflowers, a floral rosette to each corner and with flanking reeded pilasters, the lower section enclosed by a similar but smaller pair of doors and pilasters, standing on reeded block feet and with central apron tablet, brass escutcheons to all doors, the interior of the upper section converted for hanging space.
Provenance
From Lady Amory