Press cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
1698 - 1840
Materials
Carved oak
Measurements
1790 x 1422 x 583 mm
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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783168
Summary
Carved oak press cupboard of north Lancashire origin, dated 1698 (but with mid-19th-century restorations); carved in low relief with vine trail on frieze of scalloped cornice, flowering plants on the two upper door panels either side of a flowerhead central panel, moulded facings to the two shallow drawers and arabesques on the three panels on each of the two lower doors.
Provenance
Probably acquired by the Hesketh family during their antiquarian refurbishment of Rudfford Old Hall in the 1830s; identifiable in a 1910 inventory; purchased by the National Trust from the executors of the estate of Mrs J.I. Robinson, with the assistance of grants and donations from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the J.P. Jacobs Charitable Trust and the National Trust Centres and Associations, North West Region, 2012.
Marks and inscriptions
Centre of frieze to upper section: 1698