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Rotating Cabinet c. 1885 This strangely ecclesiastical…
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Auction Location:
Auckland
Date:
16-Nov-2009
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Description:
Rotating Cabinet c. 1885 This strangely ecclesiastical neo-Gothic font-like cabinet was probably intended to be a folly or novelty, such as Victorians were fond of. It uses carved detailing where veneering would have been easier and quicker, it has six doors accessing a single internal cavity where perhaps one or even two would have sufficed, and as if to emphasis its maker's cleverness, it rotates on a fixed base. When made, the glass knobs would have been newly available and highly fashionable and the black detailing would have been at least a nod to the aesthetics movement popular at the time. The quality of timber used is very good but subtle. The detailing continues into the interior with rewarewa clashing and the top is a simple but bold radiating pattern of native timbers. This is a very rare, singular piece of furniture designed to impress, probably in a grand entrance or corner of a parlor. Width 76 cm Height 97 cm
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Category:
Unclassified