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Sideboard

1635 (made)
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 9 parts.

  • Sideboard
  • Keys
  • Drawer Section
  • Back Panel
  • Pediment
  • Side Section
  • Drawer
  • Dolphin Mount
  • Tray
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 228.6cm
  • Width: 323cm
  • Depth: 50.8cm
Dims. from catalogue (HWD): 7 ft. 6 ins. x 11 ft. 3 ins. x 1 ft. 8 ins. (228.6 x 323 x 50.8 cm)
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
Collection
Accession number
W.50:1 to 9-1916

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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