• 11075

    AN UNUSUAL MAHOGANY DOMED DISPLAY CABINET

    English. Last Quarter Of The Eighteenth Century.

    Measurements

    Height: 86 3/4" (220.3 cm); Width: 49 1/4" (125 cm); Depth: 18 1/2" (47 cm).

    Research
    Of mahogany. The apsidal shaped upper section fitted with a pair of lozenge astragal glazed doors and four incurved shelves. The base with chamfered top edge set with a single drawer with old but replaced paired drop handles. 

    The arched form of the present cabinet was a recurring theme in work of celebrated English architect and designer Robert Adam, who frequently employed arched niches in his interior schemes, such as in the drawing room at Derby House, Grosvenor Square.

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