Charles I inlaid press cupboard
Circa 1630
Leeds area, Yorkshire
W 54 1/2" × H 54 3/4" × D 20"
Stock # Marh2859
£14,500.00
Charles I oak carved and inlaid press cupboard. The lower section carved with lunettes and leafy designs with two doors inlaid with floral designs, above the drawer carved with gadrooned decoration. The upper canted section with single cupboard, with inlaid panels of floral designs same as the lower section. The cup and cover leafy columns with ionic capitals above.
Similar examples in Victor Chinnery, Oak furniture the British tradition. Figure 4;120 page 471.
Rarely do I talk of colour, but this has the very best colour and surface.