Cwpwrdd tridarn
Category
Furniture
Date
1720 - 1740
Materials
Brass, Oak
Measurements
1980 x 1255 x 515 mm
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Bradley Manor, Devon
NT 830713
Summary
Tridarn; Type of Welsh press cupboard - Joined oak cwpwrdd tridarn, the heavy moulded cornice over a plain moulded top rail, supported to the front on column turnings, the sides and back plain-panelled with later roof boards; the centre stage with boarded top above a triple-panelled frieze flanked by turned pendants over a pair of fielded panel doors centred by a round-headed panel door; the lower stage with a narrow moulded shelf over two plain-moulded drawers over two ogee headed and fielded panel doors, the sides plain-panelled, the stiles extended to form feet. The roof boards are replaced. The bead moulding above the pendants replaced. The shelf replaced. The base fore-moulding missing. With minor holes and patches. All original hardware missing, replaced with brass knob handles. North Wales, probably Conway Valley, c.1720-40. The cwpwrdd tridarn (three-part cupboard) is a distinctive regional product of North Wales (especially Gwynedd, Clwyd and North Powys), thought a similar form of canopied press cupboard is also found across northern England and the north Midlands. In Welsh examples, the canopy is normally detachable, but in England the canopy is often integral with the upper portion of the base.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Bradley Manor, 2002.