Cabinet on Stand
1790-1810 (made)
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Kingwood cabinet on stand, painted and with decoration in coloured curled paper-work. Rectangular form with a flat top and sides decorated entirely with designs in cut paper-work with printed details. In front, a pair of double doors are decorated with oval and square medallions, and inside the doors on an orange ground are oval medallions painted with images of children. Disclosed by the doors are seven drawers of graduated depth, their fronts decorated by curled paper-work with painted detail depicting birds. The stand has four tapering legs connected with turned, knopped stretchers. A frieze decorated with sides in curled paper-work.
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Parts | This object consists of 9 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Kingwood and paper |
Brief description | Kingwood cabinet on stand, with decoration in coloured curled paper-work. English, ca. 1800. |
Physical description | Kingwood cabinet on stand, painted and with decoration in coloured curled paper-work. Rectangular form with a flat top and sides decorated entirely with designs in cut paper-work with printed details. In front, a pair of double doors are decorated with oval and square medallions, and inside the doors on an orange ground are oval medallions painted with images of children. Disclosed by the doors are seven drawers of graduated depth, their fronts decorated by curled paper-work with painted detail depicting birds. The stand has four tapering legs connected with turned, knopped stretchers. A frieze decorated with sides in curled paper-work. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss C. A. R. Adams |
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Accession number | W.21:1-1947 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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