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Cupboard

Joined press cupboard made of oak, decorated with carving and inlay. The inlay is made of small pieces of bog-oak and holly, the natural colourings of the wood creating vibrant geometric panels on the upper cupboard section. Holly is a very pale wood, which is sometimes dyed to produce a range of colours. Bog-oak is a very dark wood, which, with the advent of trade with the Americans, was supplanted by ebony as a material for inlay and marquetry. Purchased with the assistance of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund. Size: Length: 123 cm; Height: 120 cm; Depth: 39 cm

Place: England

Object Type: cupboard

Period: James I

Broad Date: Stuart

Actual Date: c. 1610

Century: 17th century

Material: Oak

Museum Accession Number: FW.2