An Australian cedar and pine back built-in china cabinet, circa…
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An Australian cedar and pine back built-in china cabinet, circa 1830, with a pair of geometrical astragal glazed doors enclosing two shelves above a pair of blind fielded panelled cupboard doors with plain sides and top, the front within the original moulded frame, raised on a plinth base;. Width 126 cm. Depth 51 cm . Height 230 cm; note This cabinet was removed from a farm at Cobbity overlooking the Hawksbury river where it was built into a wall.
fall front. Furniture with a hinged flap, usually associated with desks and secretaires, that opens or 'falls' to provide a flat writing surface. The flap may be supported by chains or brass quadrants and rest on wooden supports or runners, known as lopers, that pull out from a recess in either side of the piece. The interior of a fall-front desk is usually fitted with small drawers and pigeonholes.
plinth. The square or rectangular base of a piece of cabinet furniture, often ornamented with moulding. The plinth may be separate, as in some wardrobes or presses, and act as the support for the carcase. In a false plinth, the moulded boards may be attached directly to the piece. Furniture with a plinth base usually does not have separate feet. The term derives from architecture where it denotes the base of a column or statue.
circa. A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
spoon back. Applicable to chairs, and as the name indicates, is a type of chair back that is shaped like a spoon, with a rounded top, and curved back made so that the whole of the sitter's back is cocooned within the back of the chair. This type of back was popular in Victorian dining and occasional chairs.
astragal. Strictly speaking, a piece of thin moulding around the top or bottom of columns. In cabinetwork, it commonly describes a moulding on a two-door cabinet or bookcase to cover the gap when the doors are closed. The astragal is usually attached to the inner stile of the left-hand door (or the right hand as you look at it). More commonly in Australia, the term is also used to describe the glazing bars that divide the glass in a cabinet into sections.
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