A rare Elizabeth I oak court cupboard, circa 1570-90
Originally with integral canopy
Having a castellated, geometric carved and punch-decorated cornice, above a conforming decorated frieze, raised on twin baluster-turned end-columns enclosing a pair of plain panelled cupboard doors centred by a slender fixed panel, above a similar cupboard door, flanked to either side by plain panels, raised on extended stile supports, 122.5cm wide x 52cm deep x 131.5cm high, (48" wide x 20" deep x 51.5" high)
Having a castellated, geometric carved and punch-decorated cornice, above a conforming decorated frieze, raised on twin baluster-turned end-columns enclosing a pair of plain panelled cupboard doors centred by a slender fixed panel, above a similar cupboard door, flanked to either side by plain panels, raised on extended stile supports, 122.5cm wide x 52cm deep x 131.5cm high, (48" wide x 20" deep x 51.5" high)
Sold for
£2,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Almost certainly originally with a canopy superstructure; indicated by a pair of holes through the front top board, one above each end-column together with rear stiles rising through the back board.
An Elizabethan cupboard, originally with an integral canopy, sold in these rooms, The Beedham Collection, May 2012, lot 253, (£26,250).
Category: Furniture / Oak Furniture
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