Cabinet
ca. 1899 (made)
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Rosewood cabinet, inlaid with various woods, with metal mounts.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 19 parts.
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| Brief description | Cabinet, ca. 1899, London. Designed by W. A. Benson, made by Morris & Co. |
| Physical description | Rosewood cabinet, inlaid with various woods, with metal mounts. |
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| Gallery label | Benson is best known for his designs in copper and brass, several examples of which are on show nearby. In the 1890s he also designed a number of pieces of furniture for Morris & Co., which are illustrated in their catalogues, and became chairman of the firm after the death of William Morris in 1896.(1993) |
| Object history | Between 1968 and 1971 this cabinet was on display in the Green Dining Room, originally decorated by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. in 1866. This cabinet is of a pattern illustrated in a Morris & Co. catalogue of about 1512 (Morris & Co., Specimens of Furniture. Upholstery and Interior Decoration, London, n.d. (?1912), p. 22, No. 147) and priced at that date at 90 guineas |
| Bibliographic reference | Elizabeth Aslin, Nineteenth Century English Furniture (London, Faber, 1962), plate 118. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.19:1 to 8-1959 and W.39:1 to 11-1970 |
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| Record created | July 7, 1998 |
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