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Doll's Small Cupboard/Bedside Cupboard

Doll's Cupboard
1920s
Place of origin

honey coloured wood panels which are nailed together; standing on carved feet
door painted with a flower in red and green; bottom edge is slightly carved; grooves are cut into the surfaces as lines; door knob is metal
at the top side and back it has been carved in an undulating pattern with a flower flute shape painted green


Object details

Object type
TitleDoll's Small Cupboard/Bedside Cupboard
Materials and techniques
carved and painted wood, nailed together
Brief description
Wooden cupboard/washstand with green and red painted decoration made in Germany in the 1920s
Physical description
honey coloured wood panels which are nailed together; standing on carved feet
door painted with a flower in red and green; bottom edge is slightly carved; grooves are cut into the surfaces as lines; door knob is metal
at the top side and back it has been carved in an undulating pattern with a flower flute shape painted green
Dimensions
  • Greatest height: 3.75in
  • Greatest width: 2.25in
  • Greatest depth: 1.75in
Credit line
Given by Susan Heads on behalf of Edna Lewington (deceased)
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
B.252-1999

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2000
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