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| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 34.5 × 127 × 175.5 cm |
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Fire Hose Victorian pine cupboard
£1,800.00
FIRE HOSE
English c.1850
Built using the highest quality pitch pine indicated by its weight
Quite possibly the only cupboard of this type in the country. Found in a barn in Bristol, it had layers of later paints and stains. Carefully and meticulously removing the layers until we reached the original vibrant red. With dashes of orange symbolic to the flame, the darker areas almost symbolising the thick dark smoke. The most incredible part of this cupboard though is the remnants of the word ‘Fire hose’. Likely painted black but lost over time leaving its charred remains…