AN OAK CWPWRDD DEUDDARN

WEST WALES, CIRCA 1800

Details

AN OAK CWPWRDD DEUDDARN
West Wales, circa 1800
With moulded cornice and drop-pendant frieze above a pair of doors each with four fielded panels, with two frieze drawers and a pair of three panel doors below, on stile feet, original handles, the door knobs replaced
42 in. (107 cm.) wide, 67 in. (170 cm.) high, 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Elaine Phillips, Harrogate, in the 1980s

Literature

T. Alun Davies, The Welsh Dresser and Associated Cupboards, Wales, 1991, p. 15, fig. 8

Lot Essay

A related cupboard is illustrated in both L. Twiston-Davies and H. J. Lloyd-Johnes, Welsh Furniture, Wales, 1950, fig. 84 and Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 325, fig. 3.278, indicating a provenance of the Vale of Teifi, Cardiganshire. The latter cupboard, is in the National Folk Museum at St Fagans, Cardiff.

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