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Description: | Date based on the appearance of the hinges, handles and linenfold carving on the side panels, comparatively observed.
The cupboard has undergone modifications including new interior shelves, cornice and plinth base, but the frame, which is united by wooden pegs, and the vigorously-carved panels which this encloses, comprise a complete and original structure.
Twelve carved panels make up the cupboard front, each of which depicts a young vine plant sprouting from a horizontal woody stem or cutting. The vine plants on the panels of the double doors of both upper and lower compartments are more or less erect, but the plants on the flanking panels follow a serpentine form. There is one major exception: the lower panel to the left of the upper double doors bears a plant with a distinctly straight stem. The hybrid plant incorporates a thistle. A flower, resembling a daisy, is incorporated into the lower right panel of the upper part of the cupboard and a rose appears on the upper panel of the top compartment. The hybrid vine plants are composed of a variety of motifs, including a square leaf, a pointed leaf, a stylised grape cluster, two different types of naturalistic grape cluster and a motif showing a row of grapes against a leaf. | Publisher: | University of St Andrews | Rights holder: | 47795 | Subjects: | JAMES IV FURNITURE THISTLE CUPBOARD VINE | Temporal: | 1450/1550 | Source: | University of St Andrews | Creator: | unknown | Identifier: | HC839 | Language: | en-GB |
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