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Corner cupboard

Date1760-1780

OriginAmerica, Virginia, Eastern Shore

MediumYellow pine, white pine, paint, and glass

DimensionsOH: 83 3/4"; OW: 29 1/4"; OD: 18 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1987-718

DescriptionSingle unit corner cupboard with single, four-panel door below molded waist and single, twelve-light door above; complex, cavetto cornice; two returning, fluted pilasters; shaped bracket feet; three serpentine shelves in upper section (not positioned behind muntins); one crescent shelf in lower section; back formed by vertical, rough-sawn yellow and white pine boards wrought nailed to shelves; center backboard extends to form rear foot, outer edges of right and left backboards extend to form side feet; restored paint scheme consists of blue ground with green, orange, and white highlights.
ProvenanceEx. coll.: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, NC.
Deaccessioned by MESDA to private collector from whom acquired by source.