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WALL CUPBOARD - THREE DOOR

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c. 1950 - 1959

Overview

A timber cupboard with one drawer and three cupboard doors. The top of the cupboard is mostly covered in a white and grey laminex pattern in the style of marble. There is a small section cut out of the back left corner.

There are two large doors on the left and centre and one smaller door on the right of the front facing side of the cupboard. All doors are attached to the main body of the shelf with two hinges. There are catches attached to each drawer. Above the right door is a drawer. All of the handles for the doors and drawer are made of silver aliminium chrome plated material.

There is an inside shelf halfway up the inside with another stained shelf on the bottom as a base.

The cupboard appears to have been joined from two different cupboards. Approximately a quarter of the cupboard has been bolted to the remaining 3/4 with two bolts.

There are two makers marks on the cupboard. One is on side with [WESPLY/RESIN- BONDED/STANDARD] in red and at the back there is a trademark stamp which reads [WESPLY/RESIN-BONDED/UTILITY] in black.

Historical information

This cabinet was made in the 1950s by local cabinet maker Richard Wilson for use in his home. He made the cabinet in his workshop which was adjacent to his home.

The cabinet remained in the house when it was purchased by John and Lyn Visser sometime before 2000. They would later take the cabinet with them when they moved to Champion Lakes sometime in the 2000s.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2014.64

Item type

Furniture

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Aluminium

Timber

Width

490 mm

Height or length

1570 mm

Depth

785 mm

Inscriptions and markings

WESPLY RESIN-BONDED UTILITY/WESPLY RESIN-BONDED STANDARD

Keywords

ARMADALE

SEVENTH Road Armadale

WILSON Richard Dick Mr

VISSER John Mr

Made in COA

Year

c. 1950 - 1959

Statement of significance

HIGH
The only known piece of cabinetry made by local furniture maker Richard Wilson. Richard had his furniture workshop on Seventh Road in Armadale which was adjacent to his home.

Richard made the cabinet for his home which stayed there when the house was sold to John and Lyn Visser.

The cabinet is of a style that was popular in domestic settings in the 1950s.

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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