A Charles I joined oak court cupboard, North Country, circa 1640


The run-moulded frieze extensively geometrically punched-decorated and with a chip-carved lower edge and acorn-shaped end-pendants, above a recessed cupboard enclosed by a pair of panelled cupboard doors, each panel carved with a flowerhead-filled lozenge and quarter-cut flowerhead spandrels, centred by a fixed panel carved with a stiff-leaf and flower-filled arcade, the lower-section with a pair of twin-panelled cupboard doors, on extended stile supports, 158cm wide x 53.5cm deep x 142cm high, (62in wide x 21in deep x 55 1/2in high)