An Imposing Early 19thC Black Painted Pine Housekeepers Cupboard c.1820-40 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Introduced in 1572

Introduced in 1572

and futurism

with ornament largely based on plant forms (as we see here)

paving the way for the clowning Mr Punch to cackle all the way into the twenty first century

An Imposing Early 19thC Black Painted Pine Housekeepers Cupboard c.1820-40 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Introduced in 1572Origin: English Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1820 40 Width: 50. 5 inches (at cornice) Height: 84 inches Depth: 20 inches The generously proportioned black painted pine carcass standing at seven feet, the original painted finish now distressed commensurate with age, having a corniced top and two door cupboard showing brass lion mask handles adorned with gothic arches enclosing a rust painted arrangement of seven shelves