A James I joined oak court cupboard, West Country, dated 1620


The strapwork-carved frieze rails raised on elaborately turned end-columns with small Ionic capitals, respectively headed by the inlaid initials 'RIP' and date '1620', the recessed cupboard enclosed by a pair of panelled doors, carved with a whorl-filled quatrefoil interlaced design and stylized leaf spandrels, and flanked by broad fluted-carved uprights, above a cushion waist-moulding carved with demi-flowerheads, a pair of triple-panelled cupboard doors below, the upper panel to each door decorated with punched roundels within paired bands of chip-carving resembling the carved upper door rails, a bold lozenge motif carved to each side, 139.5cm wide x 61.5cm deep x 157cm high, (54 1/2in wide x 24in deep x 61 1/2in high)