A Charles I joined oak mural food cupboard, Lake District, dated 1647


The asymmetrical front having a panelled cupboard door, carved with a pair of S-scrolls enclosing whorls and forming a fleur-de-lys to the centre, with a series of punched-holes following the carved design, the door panels with chip-carved run-moulding and a series of carved crescents and punched dots, flanked to the left by a fixed carved panel, designed with a single large stiff-leaf, and with punched holes through the midrib, the top rail carved with interlaced-lunettes and the date '16' '47' to each end, the base rail and upright end rails with repeated crescent and dot motifs, panelled sides, single shelf interior, 75cm wide x 29cm deep x 60cm high, (29 1/2in wide x 11in deep x 23 1/2in high)