Cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
1679
Materials
Oak, brass hinges
Measurements
175.5 x 259 x 63.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 825011
Summary
An oak press cupboard, English, dated 1679. Profusely carved overall, the upper section with strap-work frieze centred with the date and with the initials R and P to each end, above four doors and a central panel carved with lozenges, fleur-de-lys and stiff leaf and flanked by bulbous columns, the lower section enclosed by a pair of four-panel doors flanked by pairs of panels, again all lozenge-carved, standing on stile feet, some alterations.
Provenance
Gift of Canon Carey in 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
RP/1679 (incorporated in frieze)