A Generously Proportioned 18th-Century & Later English Antique Oak Delft Rack / Plate Rack

Originally made in the 18th century in England from oak as an open delft rack, the backboards were added later to fill in the back. These backboards are formed from deal (pine).

The rack would have been used to display and store decorative ceramics such as Delft plates and related items.

The shaped pediment is decorated with dentil moulding and a shaped apron below over five central shelves and flanked at either side by four small compartmentalised shelves with shaped moulding to the upper corner spandrels of each.  

This is a good-looking piece of antique furniture that would look at home in either a cottage or a country house kitchen.

Provenance: England. 18th century and later. Sourced from a private collection in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Condition: Please refer to the images. There is some surface wear commensurate with age. One piece of dentil moulding is missing from the top left corner (top right of images one, two, five and six). The rack displays well. 

Dimensions: 

Width: 154 cm ≈ 60.63 inches

Height: 123 cm ≈ 48.43 inches

Depth: 16 cm ≈ 6.30 inches