Press cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1750
Materials
Oak, brass
Measurements
181 x 138 x 50.5 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998051
Summary
An oak press cupboard, English, mid-18th century, with a moulded cornice above a pair of doors with fielded panels and enclosing three shelves. The lower section with four drawers in two pairs, and with carved edge in imitation of cockbeading, and on stile feet. With brass escutcheon and drawer handles.
Provenance
Given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950.