Press Cupboard
1640-1660 (made)
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Press cupboard with carved and inlay decoration, with two large cupboard doors below a recessed, canopied upper section. The frieze which is carved with a chain pattern rests on two plain turned supports. The upper stage contains two small doors inlaid with birds and floral sprays in holly and bog oak on either side of a central, fixed panel decorated in the same style within a carved arch resting on pilasters. The lower frieze carved with a repeating pattern and the outer stiles with leafy ornament. The lower, large, panelled doors are divided into two vertical below one horizontal panels which is carved with a symmetrical pattern of foliage. The doors with turned and carved knob handles.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Oak with inlay of various wood |
| Brief description | Press cupboard, English, 1640-1660 |
| Physical description | Press cupboard with carved and inlay decoration, with two large cupboard doors below a recessed, canopied upper section. The frieze which is carved with a chain pattern rests on two plain turned supports. The upper stage contains two small doors inlaid with birds and floral sprays in holly and bog oak on either side of a central, fixed panel decorated in the same style within a carved arch resting on pilasters. The lower frieze carved with a repeating pattern and the outer stiles with leafy ornament. The lower, large, panelled doors are divided into two vertical below one horizontal panels which is carved with a symmetrical pattern of foliage. The doors with turned and carved knob handles. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Harold A. Peto |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Harold A. Peto of Iford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts (an architect and garden designer, whose collection of furniture consisted 'entirely of oak'). H. Clifford Smith, in a minute note (2/8/33) wrote that it came 'from Derbyshire. The interest of this piece consists in the fact that the recessed upper doors are inlaid with floral designs.' ‘Mr. Harold Peto’s Collection’ by ‘M.J.’ in Country Life, April 10th, 1926 (vol. LIX), Iford Manor, Wiltshire, the property of Mr H.A. Peto – I and II, in Country Life, Aug. 26th 1922, pp.242-8, and Sept. 2nd 1922, pp.272-7 On loan to Exeter, 1970-2000(?) |
| Historical context | Comparable pieces: See for example, Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition (Woodbridge, 1979), figs. 3:267, 3:271, 4:120. The lack of prominent fluting appears to argue against an early 17th century dating, while the inlay suggests a Yorkshire origin. |
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| Accession number | W.16:2-1933 |
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| Record created | April 23, 2008 |
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