Corner Cupboard
ca. 1715 (made)
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Physical description:
A single doored hanging corner cupboard with arched top, the carcase of oak, the front veneered in walnut. The door is flanked by pilasters with stop fluting (enriched on the lower third) created from applied sections of cross grained timber. These apparently support an arched, concave frieze. The door has a single fielded panel with an arched top. It is veneered with contrasting cuts of finely figured walnut, including burr walnut and feathered banding. The central panel is veneered with four panels cut from the same log and quartered. There is a brass key-hole mount, approximately 10cm long, with shaped ends, and a steel key with flattened bow, which is possibly original. The inside of the door is veneered in walnut. The cupboard is lined with oak and set with three shelves with shaped, convex curved, front edges and a recess to support standing plates. There is a small fourth shelf at the very top of the cupboard, with a concave curve cut into its shaped front edge.
The shelves may be an addition and the whole interior has been stained and varnished, probably in the later 20th century.
Construction:
The front of the cupboard is constructed with a frame of four boards tenoned together, the horizonal into the uprights. The door is similarly constructed with a tenoned frame that holds a central panel. The back and top of the cupboard is of planked construction, which is nailed together.
A single doored hanging corner cupboard with arched top, the carcase of oak, the front veneered in walnut. The door is flanked by pilasters with stop fluting (enriched on the lower third) created from applied sections of cross grained timber. These apparently support an arched, concave frieze. The door has a single fielded panel with an arched top. It is veneered with contrasting cuts of finely figured walnut, including burr walnut and feathered banding. The central panel is veneered with four panels cut from the same log and quartered. There is a brass key-hole mount, approximately 10cm long, with shaped ends, and a steel key with flattened bow, which is possibly original. The inside of the door is veneered in walnut. The cupboard is lined with oak and set with three shelves with shaped, convex curved, front edges and a recess to support standing plates. There is a small fourth shelf at the very top of the cupboard, with a concave curve cut into its shaped front edge.
The shelves may be an addition and the whole interior has been stained and varnished, probably in the later 20th century.
Construction:
The front of the cupboard is constructed with a frame of four boards tenoned together, the horizonal into the uprights. The door is similarly constructed with a tenoned frame that holds a central panel. The back and top of the cupboard is of planked construction, which is nailed together.
Object details
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| Brief description | Corner cupboard, ca. 1715, English. A single doored hanging corner cupboard with arched top, the carcase of oak, the front veneered in walnut. The door is flanked by pilasters with stop fluting. |
| Physical description | Physical description: A single doored hanging corner cupboard with arched top, the carcase of oak, the front veneered in walnut. The door is flanked by pilasters with stop fluting (enriched on the lower third) created from applied sections of cross grained timber. These apparently support an arched, concave frieze. The door has a single fielded panel with an arched top. It is veneered with contrasting cuts of finely figured walnut, including burr walnut and feathered banding. The central panel is veneered with four panels cut from the same log and quartered. There is a brass key-hole mount, approximately 10cm long, with shaped ends, and a steel key with flattened bow, which is possibly original. The inside of the door is veneered in walnut. The cupboard is lined with oak and set with three shelves with shaped, convex curved, front edges and a recess to support standing plates. There is a small fourth shelf at the very top of the cupboard, with a concave curve cut into its shaped front edge. The shelves may be an addition and the whole interior has been stained and varnished, probably in the later 20th century. Construction: The front of the cupboard is constructed with a frame of four boards tenoned together, the horizonal into the uprights. The door is similarly constructed with a tenoned frame that holds a central panel. The back and top of the cupboard is of planked construction, which is nailed together. |
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| Object history | Corner cupboard, gift of Mrs G F Sims Williams of Woodrow, Hatton Hill, Windlesham, 19 February 1975 Notes from R.P. 74/1968 Gift form Lists as "Hanging corner cupboard. Veneered with burr walnut. Hooded cornice on fluted pilasters - - English c.1715" 23/1/75 memo, Jervis to the Director Early 18th century corner cupboard belonged to Mrs Walker's father, Mr Martin Buckmaster, a collector. It is illustrated in the Dictionary of English Furniture (Vol.II, p.174, fig.2). "not an important object…lend out rather than display here". 28/1/75 letter, S S Jervis to Mrs Sims Williams returning photographs of her father's collection. Copies were made (not in file). "Nice to get a good idea of the ensemble which your father created and to get the idea of his taste as a collector". 3/3/75 letter, Jervis to Mrs Sims Williams notes he saw a book on architecture by Mr Buckmaster. |
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| Accession number | W.17:2-1975 |
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