Display cabinet - Beech - antique silver cabinet






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Antique English display cabinet in Art Deco style, dating circa 1934–1935, built from solid beech with walnut veneer; height 140 cm, width 60 cm, depth 35 cm.
Description from the seller
My final dating estimate: (80-90%)
c. 1932–1937, with the greatest chance around 1934–1935.
The combination of:
* Queen Anne cabriole legs,
* curved vitrine glass,
* simple brass hinges,
* and this specific underlying construction,
is common for English furniture factories from the thirties (for example around High Wycombe). Dutch manufacturers made similar cabinets, but they often have slightly heavier constructions and a different finish on the underside.
The cabinet appears to be made of:
* a solid pine or beech frame;
* finished with a walnut veneer (or sometimes African woods such as Okoumé or Sipo with a walnut stain).
That was very common in the thirties.
Description of cabinet:
English Queen Anne Revival vitrine cabinet, circa 1934–1935, walnut veneered on solid construction, interwar period. * The legs are set into the lower rail with a dowel-and-slot connection and then reinforced with a triangular corner block. That is solid factory work from the interwar period.
* The underside is veneered and not rough finished. That you see more often with higher-quality furniture factories from the 1930s.
* The finish and construction fit well with furniture from a mid-to-high quality class.
My final dating estimate: (80-90%)
c. 1932–1937, with the greatest chance around 1934–1935.
The combination of:
* Queen Anne cabriole legs,
* curved vitrine glass,
* simple brass hinges,
* and this specific underlying construction,
is common for English furniture factories from the thirties (for example around High Wycombe). Dutch manufacturers made similar cabinets, but they often have slightly heavier constructions and a different finish on the underside.
The cabinet appears to be made of:
* a solid pine or beech frame;
* finished with a walnut veneer (or sometimes African woods such as Okoumé or Sipo with a walnut stain).
That was very common in the thirties.
Description of cabinet:
English Queen Anne Revival vitrine cabinet, circa 1934–1935, walnut veneered on solid construction, interwar period. * The legs are set into the lower rail with a dowel-and-slot connection and then reinforced with a triangular corner block. That is solid factory work from the interwar period.
* The underside is veneered and not rough finished. That you see more often with higher-quality furniture factories from the 1930s.
* The finish and construction fit well with furniture from a mid-to-high quality class.
