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The presence of pierced holes to the door panel implies this wall cupboard was intended for food storage, with the holes providing the necessary ventilation to prevent the food spoiling. Gabriel Olive, who owned an antique shop in Somerset for forty years, considered this double-heart motif indicative of an attribution to Somerset. See Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (2016), p. 285, fig. 3:294, for a related cupboard, which is also carved with this regional motif. See also ibid., p. 402 and p. 415.