A scarce mid 17th century English oak marquetry court cupboa...

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751 - A scarce mid 17th century English oak marquetry court cupboard, Elizabethan style, Leeds Area, Yorks...

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A scarce mid 17th century English oak marquetry court cupboard, Elizabethan style, Leeds Area, Yorkshire, the canted 'press cupboard' with bold acanthus carved cup and cover supports, three marquetry fielded panels, the central door panel opens to reveal niche, inlaid with bog oak, holly and fruitwood with symmetrical floral detail, the conforming stepped base with intermitted geometric and Tudor rose carved frieze monogrammed 'E R S' to centre, above a pair of cupboard doors, enclosing storage niche, flanked by stylised thistle and blackberry panels and a guilloche band lower panel, stile feet. 140cm high, 153cm wide, 57cm depth, c.1650

Provenance: From a private collection of period oak, Holmesfield, Derbyshire.

Research Notes: See Victor Chinnery, 'Oak Furniture: The British Tradition', where several comparable mid-17th century court cupboards in Elizabethan style are illustrated, p.322, fig.3:267, p.471, fig.4: 120 and 472, fig.4:121. For another related example, see Bonham's, 'The Collection of Dr. and Mrs Chris Douglas', Morville Hall, Shropshire', 30th April 2014, lot 14.

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26th Mar 24 at 10am GMT