Wardrobe

Mahogany clothes press which belonged to James Cook and his wife Elizabeth. Clothes would have been stored flat on five shelves in the cupboard on top. There is a four drawer chest below. In Hepplewhite style. It has a cornice with a dentil course, fielded panels on the doors with boxwood stringing and ebony stringing round the drawers. On bracket feet.

Object Details

ID: AAA3620
Type: Wardrobe
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1770
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall: 1803 mm x 1283 mm x 584 mm