AN IRISH RED-PAINTED PINE COOP DRESSER

20TH CENTURY

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AN IRISH RED-PAINTED PINE COOP DRESSER
20TH CENTURY
The moulded cornice above two shelves and a central balustrade plate rack, the two graduated stepped tiers below with roosting compartments
81 in. (206 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Rankine-Taylor Antiques Collection, sold Christie's South Kensington, 20 February 2007, lot 496.

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Lot Essay

By the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the practice of keeping hens in Irish kitchens was widely accepted. The coop, here designed as part of the dresser base, provided warmth and safety for hatching or roosting geese and hens particularly during the colder months. This hen coop dresser features upside down T-shaped sliding divisions which were opened to allow the fowl out to forage.

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