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#909 "Press" cupboard No. 909 is a "press" cupboard. In this type of early cupboard there are compartments or drawers in the lower portion as well as in the upper. Here the compartment in the upper portion is made with sloping sides. Two arches are on each of the sides. As in the preceding cupboard the top is supported by heavy columns. In this piece the lower portion is occupied by three drawers, forming a chest of drawers. The paneling of the three drawers and the nine pairs of blackened vertical columns upon them will be noticed. More of these pieces have been found than the court cupboards, but they are seldom offered for sale. At the center of the base are the figures"1699", doubtless indicating the year when the piece was made.

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