Sideboard
1635 (made)
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Side board of pine and walnut carved, and with inlay of sycamore and stained woods. The lower part contains four cupboards the doors of which have recessed panels within an architectural framing; these are separated by pilasters supporting a shelf with panelled back on which are nine small drawers. One end of the sideboard is set back and has a cupboard below and above a recess containing a pewter cistern in the form of a dolphin and a pewter basin. The whole is surmounted by an upper part, at either end of which is a cupboard with doors similar to those below and in the centre two sloping shelves. The cornice is carved with the inscription in raised letters: -Melcker Bvocher und Margreta Stockman si eliche Husfrovw 1635.
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Parts | This object consists of 9 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Pine and walnut, carved |
Brief description | Tyrol, 1625; pine and walnut |
Physical description | Side board of pine and walnut carved, and with inlay of sycamore and stained woods. The lower part contains four cupboards the doors of which have recessed panels within an architectural framing; these are separated by pilasters supporting a shelf with panelled back on which are nine small drawers. One end of the sideboard is set back and has a cupboard below and above a recess containing a pewter cistern in the form of a dolphin and a pewter basin. The whole is surmounted by an upper part, at either end of which is a cupboard with doors similar to those below and in the centre two sloping shelves. The cornice is carved with the inscription in raised letters: -Melcker Bvocher und Margreta Stockman si eliche Husfrovw 1635. |
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Object history | Gift from the four children of the late Trevor Lawrence, James, John, Bart.. RP 1916/1277 Condition: 'Much decayed. Treated for worm.' |
Historical context | Comparable fitted cupboards: see examples in the Landesmuseum, Zurich, in Thomas Loertsher: Zürcher und Nordostschweizer Möbel Vom Barock bis zum Klassizismus. (Schweizerischen Landesmuseums, Zürich, 2005) See also V&A 698-1907 |
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Accession number | W.50:1 to 9-1916 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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