A most unusual Welsh oak cupboard, similar to a “cwpwrdd deuddarn” which translates as “two part cupboard”.
This cupboard is actually in one piece as are the two front legs which extend upwards to form remarkable, silhouette shaped columns which are decorated with punchwork stars and lines. The punchwork extends to the cornice and frieze rails which are carved with a tooth-like, zig-zag pattern.
The two small undecorated upper doors are left plain, the two large lower doors with multiple channel mouldings and punchwork confined to the top rails.
The top, rear and lower boards, along with the inner shelf have been replaced, as have the hinges and escutcheons.
Glyncorrwg, Glamorganshire, circa 1680-1720.
This cupboard is one of a group made during the late 17th and early decades of the 18th century in rural Glamorganshire/Monmouthshire. During the last forty or so years, we have recorded nearly a dozen and with the exception of one in a Carmarthen auction room, all the others were located between Blackwood in the east and Neath in the west. All had turned columns apart from this one.
A most unusual Welsh oak cupboard, similar to a “cwpwrdd deuddarn” which translates as “two part cupboard”.
This cupboard is actually in one piece as are the two front legs which extend upwards to form remarkable, silhouette shaped columns which are decorated with punchwork stars and lines. The punchwork extends to the cornice and frieze rails which are carved with a tooth-like, zig-zag pattern.
The two small undecorated upper doors are left plain, the two large lower doors with multiple channel mouldings and punchwork confined to the top rails.
The top, rear and lower boards, along with the inner shelf have been replaced, as have the hinges and escutcheons.
Glyncorrwg, Glamorganshire, circa 1680-1720.
This cupboard is one of a group made during the late 17th and early decades of the 18th century in rural Glamorganshire/Monmouthshire. During the last forty or so years, we have recorded nearly a dozen and with the exception of one in a Carmarthen auction room, all the others were located between Blackwood in the east and Neath in the west. All had turned columns apart from this one.
