Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1750s.
Large two door cupboard base with a half depth shelf inside. Oak panel doors and sides, original oak backboards. Excellent colour and condition with some later restorations. Cleaned and waxed in our workshops.
Dimensions: width 54", depth 22", height 73".
Before the Welsh dresser came the cwpwrdd tridarn (or three piece cupboard). Recognised now as a distinct form of furniture unique to an area of North West Wales roughly comprised of Snowdonia and Caernarfon. Produced from the mid 17th.c. until the end of the 18th.c. it is itself an adaption of the more common 'court' cupboard, with the addition of a canopied top tier providing an area for the display of the household’s best tableware protected from the dirt and soot of an open fire. Over time this display section grew to include several shelves, the middle cupboard was lost and the form of the typical Welsh dresser emerged.
Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1750s.
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18th.c. Welsh Oak Cwpwrdd Tridarn C.1750
