Jacobean Buffet
17th century
Description
From old accession sheet: Oblong with dentiled and gouge-molded cornice, carved frieze with running design of leaf scrolls resting on two ring-turned bulbous supports with Ionic capitals; cupboard upper section with panel door and sloping returns, each ornamented with rosettes and floral ornament within a formal border of gadroons, acanthus leaves at corners; the gadroon and acanthus motives are repeated upon the shelf which also rests on two bulbous ring-turned supports of elongated form, the rear posts carved with a guilloche motive; base finished with border of sunk gadroon flutings.
Dimensions
123.2 × 121.9 cm (48 1/2 × 48 in.)
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