Pentagonal corner cupboard has three-sided facade; two frontal bracket feet with inlay stringing enclosing a straight molded apron; case fitted with two cupboards and drawers in large middle face; the lower cupboard has sunken panel door with stringing and central inlaid urn and flowers; the one interior shelf is missing; a slender rectangular drawer with brass mounts and elaborately scrolled back plate is surmounted by the top cupboard fitted with a line inlaid glass paneled door enclosing three shelves; urn inlaid frieze surmounted by a broken scroll pediment with paterna inlay and pointed rope carved finial.
corner cupboards
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
Federal
urns
Mahogany
Brass
Glass
Inlaid
Federal
Urn
CUPBOARD, CORNER
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
82 x 31.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.980
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