1860 South Australian Pine Cupboard from McAlpine Collection

A pine cupboard, South Australian origin, circa 1860, from the Lord Alastair McAlpine of West Green Collection, 36.61 in. high, 31.50 in. wide, 15.75 in. deep. provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne, The Val and Inge Morgan Collection, The Lord McAlpine of West Green Collection, Other Notes: For a similar painted cupboard from Kapunda see Graham Cornall, Memories, A Survey of Early Australian Furniture in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of Westgreen, Australian City Properties Ltd., fig 3., page 118.

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This item has been included into following indexes:

cabinets, material
- painted 158
- pine and kauri pine 139
furniture, period or style - Germanic Barossa (South Australia) 203