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Oak Court Cupboard

Description

An early 17th-century oak court cupboard; the chamfered single-plank rectangular top with dentil moulding beneath; over an inlaid frieze of leaf and flower trail with integral carved spandrels; the central shelf with single-plank moulded shelf supported on rails carved with nulling and conforming lower shelf; each stage supported on fluted baluster turning with stop-fluted rectangular rear supports; the whole raised on turned feet; English, c.1620; the cleats added to the top at a later date; applied moulding missing from lower edge of all friezes; some later bracing beneath shelves.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 1993-31/276

  • Date

    c. 1620

  • Material

    wood oak

  • Measurements

  • Width

    1.32 metres

  • Height

    1.21 metres

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust