Welsh Bookcase or Kitchen Display Cabinet.

Name: Welsh Bookcase or Kitchen Display Cabinet.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA231750
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Good looking mahogany bookcase or kitchen display c.1850. Known locally as a cwpwrdd gwydr, this was a type created by North Wales cabinet makers in the mid 19th.c. as they updated the traditional Welsh dresser. Typical of the form it has a glazed top and cupboard base each with two working doors either side of a fixed centre panel plus a single long drawer in the waist. The flared cornice, applied door panels, bobbin turned columns and tall feet are all original vernacular details. In very good, unrestored condition. Keys supplied.

Dimensions: width 56", depth 19", height 86".

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA231750

Dealers Notes

Please contact us for more images, delivery and international shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. Open 7 days a week. 01492 580022.

Description

Good looking mahogany bookcase or kitchen display c.1850.

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Known locally as a cwpwrdd gwydr, this was a type created by North Wales cabinet makers in the mid 19th.

Collinge Antiques

c. as they updated the traditional Welsh dresser. Typical of the form it has a glazed top and cupboard base each with two working doors either side of a fixed centre panel plus a single long drawer in the waist. The flared cornice, applied door panels, bobbin turned columns and tall feet are all original vernacular details. In very good, unrestored condition. Keys supplied.

Dimensions: width 56", depth 19", height 86".

Date of Manufacture

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA231750

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