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Display cabinet
Cabinet-on-stand, rosewood, the cabinet rectangular with bead-and-reel carved cornice, two glazed doors with serpentine scroll and anthemion borders and matching glazed end panels, two reel-carved shelves and one full-width display block inside, the inside base and back of the cabinet, the block and the upper face of the shelves lined with crimson silk velvet now faded to a gold colour, the stand with plain frieze, four flared reeded legs headed by foliate paterae and joined by an undertier on reeded bun feet, mirrored backboard.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51567
Acquisition
Purchase - through Christie's, 31/3/2005
Measurements
Height
(cm): 183
Width
(cm): 153
Depth
(cm): 52.5
Height
(in): 72
Width
(in): 60
Depth
(in): 20
Techniques
joined
forming
Applied Art
carved (decoration)
decoration
Applied Art
Material
rosewood
glass
velvet
Location
In store
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