The Jones Family, Clothes-Hanging Press Cupboard
A magnificent, Welsh cupboard, in two sections, of imposing size and form and made entirely of dense, native oak.
The three fluted stiles flanking the pair of doors (each of which has a single, arched and fielded panel) given a stronger architectural flavour by extending their capitals and bases into the unusually generous cornice and waist mouldings. The interior has a full compliment of large turned oak pegs and the space extends into the lower part, behind the row of four fielded panels.
The five, fielded-panel front drawers sit above a splayed base moulding.
Until recently the cupboard was in the possession of the Jones family from Rhayader and this may well be the first ever time for it to appear on the open market. According to family tradition, the Jones`s have occupied their Rhayader farm since the mid 16th century.
The current brassware dates from early in the 19th century but the ghostly outline of previous shaped backplates suggests a date for the cupboard of around 1740-60.
Literature:
“Welsh Furniture 1250-1950, a cultural history of craftsmanship and design” by Richard Bebb. See Vol 2, page 61, fig 729, for a similar, albeit less imposing, cupboard.
Dimensions:
200 cms high, 62 cms deep, 152 cms wide at the waist, 155.5 cms wide at the cornice.
A magnificent, Welsh cupboard, in two sections, of imposing size and form and made entirely of dense, native oak.
The three fluted stiles flanking the pair of doors (each of which has a single, arched and fielded panel) given a stronger architectural flavour by extending their capitals and bases into the unusually generous cornice and waist mouldings. The interior has a full compliment of large turned oak pegs and the space extends into the lower part, behind the row of four fielded panels.
The five, fielded-panel front drawers sit above a splayed base moulding.
Until recently the cupboard was in the possession of the Jones family from Rhayader and this may well be the first ever time for it to appear on the open market. According to family tradition, the Jones`s have occupied their Rhayader farm since the mid 16th century.
The current brassware dates from early in the 19th century but the ghostly outline of previous shaped backplates suggests a date for the cupboard of around 1740-60.
Literature:
“Welsh Furniture 1250-1950, a cultural history of craftsmanship and design” by Richard Bebb. See Vol 2, page 61, fig 729, for a similar, albeit less imposing, cupboard.
Dimensions:
200 cms high, 62 cms deep, 152 cms wide at the waist, 155.5 cms wide at the cornice.
A magnificent, Welsh cupboard, in two sections, of imposing size and form and made entirely of dense, native oak.
The three fluted stiles flanking the pair of doors (each of which has a single, arched and fielded panel) given a stronger architectural flavour by extending their capitals and bases into the unusually generous cornice and waist mouldings. The interior has a full compliment of large turned oak pegs and the space extends into the lower part, behind the row of four fielded panels.
The five, fielded-panel front drawers sit above a splayed base moulding.
Until recently the cupboard was in the possession of the Jones family from Rhayader and this may well be the first ever time for it to appear on the open market. According to family tradition, the Jones`s have occupied their Rhayader farm since the mid 16th century.
The current brassware dates from early in the 19th century but the ghostly outline of previous shaped backplates suggests a date for the cupboard of around 1740-60.
Literature:
“Welsh Furniture 1250-1950, a cultural history of craftsmanship and design” by Richard Bebb. See Vol 2, page 61, fig 729, for a similar, albeit less imposing, cupboard.
Dimensions:
200 cms high, 62 cms deep, 152 cms wide at the waist, 155.5 cms wide at the cornice.
