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Cabinet

ca. 1560 (made)
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Place of origin

Cabinet or 'dressoir de salle-a-manger'; French, about 1560. Carved oak.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Oak, carved
Brief description
Cabinet or 'dressoir de salle-a-manger', France, c. 1560, carved.
Physical description
Cabinet or 'dressoir de salle-a-manger'; French, about 1560. Carved oak.
Dimensions
  • Height: 90cm (Note: Surviving fragment measured by technical services 2015; remeasured summer 2016 by LM. H: 83 + 17 = 100cm, W: 114cm, D: 25cm Taken from department file: H 7ft 9in x L 4ft x W 1ft 9in (feet and inches); H 236.22cm x L 121.92cm x W 53.34cm (centimeters))
  • Width: 114cm
  • Depth: 24.5cm
Object history
Brought from the neighbourhood of St Lo, Normandy.

RP 63/1668
Bibliographic reference
Ancient and Modern Furniture & Woodwork in the South Kensington Museum, described with an introduction by John Hungerford Pollen, (London, 1874), pp. 271-272. Sideboard or “Dressoir de salle-a-manger." Carved oak. French. About 1560. (Brought from the neighbourhood of St. Lo, Normandy.) H. 7 ft. 9 in., L. 4 ft., W. 1 ft. 9 in. Bought, 30l. It consists of three parts, a central cupboard with dresser top. A drawer below; an open lower part supported by carved figure, legs on a square base. The work on this piece is of very similar character to that of Elizabethan furniture of the same period. The doors are panelled with fine mouldings. There is a bold scrolled scutcheon or cartouche in the centre. The three spaces that flank and divide the doors are decorated with large masks and scrollwork around them. The drawer under the cupboard has a bold gadrooned front to it that gives a marked central line. The front of the plinth or base is similarly cut. The supports are two sphinxes, and the back behind them is panelled. The panels are divided by Elizabethan classic pilasters, and filled up by scroll strapwork. On the dresser there is a step or ledge with bold carved horizontal mouldings to it. The panel at the back of this part is carved with a recumbent Diana and scrolled scutcheon work round it; beside this panel are sphinxes that support the cornice.
Collection
Accession number
4051-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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