Armoire, Alphen
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Authors
Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968)
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Photograph depicting an armoire from Alphen. It has a frame with canted corners. The elaborate gabled pediment has a carved key block and ornaments. The bottom part with bombé drawers has a carved apron. See also pages 130 (description) and 135, and Plates 43 and 44 (measured by John Fassler and drawn by Pearce) of "Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa" by G. E. Pearse. See also Figs. 213-215 for details of the drawer handle and escutcheon plates.
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Canoscan 8000f scanner used, file scanned in at 72DPI, edited using Photoshop v7. File dimensions: 400 x 533 pixels, File size: 12.1 KB.
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Furniture, 18th Century, Eighteenth Century, Armoires, Alphen, Gabled pediments, Bombé drawers, Canted corners, Fassler, John (1910-1971), Splayed corners, Escutcheon plates, Drawer handles