Corner Cupboard
Period1750 - 1800
MediumWalnut, tulip poplar, and pine
Dimensions89 × 27.38 × 24 in. (226.1 × 69.5 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsStorage Furniture
Credit LineGift of Robert L. Holmes, 1954
Object number1990.518
DescriptionA corner cupboard in one piece with canted front corners. A wide cornice sits above an arched fielded panel door with a brass escutcheon on the left. A waist molding divides the cupboard's upper and lower sections. The lower section includes a single plain drawer with thumbnail molded edges and a small oval brass escutcheon above a square fielded panel door, applied skirt molding, two front ogee bracket feet, and a rear plank foot. The upper thumbnail molded door opens to reveal an interior with three fixed shelves, while the lower door, also thumbnail molded and paneled, opens to reveal a single fixed shelf.Curatorial RemarksThe Germanic style hinges on the corner cupboard suggest an eastern Pennsylvania origin.
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