An 18thC Estate Made Plum Painted Pine Cupboard c.1780 sub-Architectural & Garden discovered various primitive bowling balls

discovered various primitive bowling balls

Staunton Cressy now proves a highly desirable catch for collectors

The design motif comes from Thomas Chippendale’s interest in incorporating Chinese and other Asian designs into some of his furniture

The trapdoor is difficult to see when it is closed because the plant and soil materials effectively camouflage it and it is hinged on one side with silk

Over time some chairs may have become over used and broken

An 18thC Estate Made Plum Painted Pine Cupboard c.1780 sub-Architectural & Garden discovered various primitive bowling ballsOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1780 & LaterWidth: 26. 75 Height: 39. 5Depth: 24. 5The plum painted pine carcass, almost certainly estate made and largely of the Georgian period, retaining its original iron handles to the flanks, to two fielded paneled cupboard doors opening to reveal a vacant interior, the shelves and drawers now lacking, the whole with an attractive patination, to later blocks and brass concealed castors