Cabinet
1650-1700 (made)
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Cabinet of oak painted with floral and other designs; in front are doors enclosing seven drawers and a central cupbaord; the pedimented top, which is detached, is fitted with a small central drawer. The whole of the outside and the cupboard doors are painted with flowers, fruit and birds on black ground. The drawers are painted with conventional designs in yellow and fitted with brass drop handles. Partly repainted.
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Parts | This object consists of 14 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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Materials and techniques | Oak, brass. |
Brief description | Painted cabinet, English, 17th century. |
Physical description | Cabinet of oak painted with floral and other designs; in front are doors enclosing seven drawers and a central cupbaord; the pedimented top, which is detached, is fitted with a small central drawer. The whole of the outside and the cupboard doors are painted with flowers, fruit and birds on black ground. The drawers are painted with conventional designs in yellow and fitted with brass drop handles. Partly repainted. |
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Gallery label | CABINET
Oak with painted decoration.
English; mid 17th century.
The painted decoration shows strong Dutch influence. (1968) |
Object history | 17th century painted oak cabinet, purchased for £22 from C H F Kinderman, 5 Arlington Street, St James' London SW1. Condition: "Partly repainted: the interior of some of the drawers is renewed" (R.Ps 19/3645). See bound off-print in Woodwork Library of paper (W.A.Thorpe) in the Transactions of the Radnorshire Society Vol.XXIV 1954, pp 40-54. Previously on long-term loan to Tamworth Castle from May 1983 - Feb 2006 (RP 94/2082). |
Historical context | Comparable Objects: - Cabinet on stand, made of eucalyptus, tropical hardwood, oak, walnut and painted, 1620, V&A object number W.9-1936. - Cabinet, with mother-of-pearl inlay, and painted decoration, 1620, V&A object number W.37-1927. |
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Accession number | W.32:1 to 14-1919 |
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Record created | July 13, 2007 |
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