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Lot 783
A mid 19th century inverted breakfront oak housekeepers cupboard, the central architectural pediment flanked by a moulded cornice to both sides, all over a frieze applied with acorn and oak leaf detail, above an arrangement of central arched panelled cupboard doors enclosed by a pair of conforming glazed cupboard doors over three drawers, punctuated by quarter ring turned columns, upon the base formed from a pair of cupboard doors flanked by banks of three gradated drawers to both sides, all applied with hardwood handles centred with mother of pearl roundels, above a shaped apron and bracket feet, 206cm H x 213cm W x 48cm DCondition reportBoth right hand glazed doors are slightly warped with the far right door extremely tight, which requires some attention to open, the same door has multiple cracks to the top right arched panel.Three acorn motifs are missing from the frieze, the spandrel on the LH glazed doors is loose and needs to be re-attached along with the door handle. The majority of the handles have chips and losses around the collars, multiple minor chips and losses to the inlay and beading on the columns.Moulding on top of the base to both sides is loose, with some joint separation in the boards to both sides, cupboard door on the base has dropped slightly and is lacking a handle.Overall the cupboard is in good original condition although it would benefit from some minor repairs and a tidy.
