Cabinet on stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Mahogany, with brass handles and thread escutcheons
Measurements
149.5 x 65 x 53 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998195
Summary
A mahogany bookcase cabinet on stand, English, circa 1800, the top with moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves adjustable on grooves, above a pair of long shallow drawers. The upper cabinet with side carry handles. Raised on a stand of a long drawer with a baize-lined sliding writing surface, and tapering square-section supports united by a concave-fronted shelf stretcher. The cabinet and stand possibly associated.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950.