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'Tridarn' cupboard, Henblas, Bodorgan, Anglesey - home of Captain Warren Evans
  • 'Cwpwrdd tridarn' [three-piece cupboard] from Ynysgain, near Cricieth. This cupboard dates from the late seventeenth century and is a piece of furniture which is peculiar to north Wales.
'Cwpwrdd tridarn' from Ynysgain near Cricieth
  • The secretaire bookcase has the label 'Bowen, cabinet maker and UPHOLSTERER, Lamas Street, CARMARTHEN' glued inside the first long drawer. The piece is made of pine veneered with mahogany. Its form, consisting of a glazed bookcase above a desk and four drawers, is typical of its period. The top edges of the secretaire and the edges of the drawers are finished with an ebony corner. The secretaire has retained its contemporary handles, which have oval repoussé back-plates with a reclining classical female. This is an important item of furniture because of the rarity of labelled Welsh pieces of the time and because of its near original finish, and high quality of craftsmanship. Little is known of Mr. Bowen except that he was at one time a sergeant in the Carmarthenshire Militia and that he died in 1807.
Mahogany Secretaire and Bookcase with rare maker's name (Bowen), c. 1800 [image 1 of 2]
  • This glass cabinet was made for the famous Welsh sculptor, Sir William Goscombe John by his brother, Thomas John junior. William and Thomas had both been trained as cabinet-makers by their father, Thomas John senior, and worked under him at the Bute workshops when Cardiff Castle was being restored. The cabinet was especially made to hold Goscombe John's many medals in the drawers below.
Cabinet made by Thomas John, Cardiff, 19th century
  • Originally part of the furniture from Glansevern, Berriew, Montgomeryshire A magnificent lacquer cabinet mounted on a gilt frame, dating from around 1680, from the mansion house of Glansevern, near Berriew. The house was built for Sir Arthur Davies Owen at the beginning of the 19th century.
Lacquer cabinet from Glansevern House, Garthmyl, c. 1680
  • The slate quarrymen prided themselves in their ability to handle slate and during their leisure hours they produced many beautiful and useful items. Many fireplaces in the quarrying districts feature ornate slate carvings, and ornaments such as this bureau often took pride of place in the quarryman's home. Description based on the Welsh Slate Museum Guidebook (2002).
Slate bureau, early 20th century