Narnia Wardrobe

Following up from my earlier post on house history, here is a piece of furniture reflecting history. This is a linocut of a Victorian wardrobe (very eccentric, very Narnia) which my parents bought in the 70s and I recently retrieved for my new house from my old bedroom. The wood is pine and has been stripped and waxed, removing the now unfashionable dark Victorian varnish. It may also be a composite piece, made up of parts of several pieces of furniture. The Victorians did this to earlier furniture especially from the 1600s and then it was also done to theirs!