Press cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
1850 - 1899
Materials
White-painted timber, brass fittings
Measurements
228 x 194.5 x 55.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998085
Summary
A white-painted press cupboard, English, last half of the 19th century and later decorated. The moulded cornice topped by a pediment with undulating cornice centred by a double scroll, and with scroll at each end. Above a pair of hinged doors fitted with mirror plates and enclosing four slides and two short and two long drawers. Raised on a plinth base. Painted white with decorative red lines.
Provenance
Given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950.