Press cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Mahogany, oak construction, brass
Measurements
227 x 163 x 51 cm
Place of origin
Netherlands
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731723
Summary
A mahogany press cupboard, Dutch, circa 1780. The dentil moulded cornice with outset corners above a pair of paneled cupboard doors carved with drapery swags and enclosing two slides and five shallow drawers. The lower section with three long drawers flanked by fluted canted corners and tapered fluted feet.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust along with Stourhead House, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.