Hanging cabinet, ca. 1867

Carved oak, brass
Probably made by Holland and Sons
h. 107 cm - w. 75 cm - d. 27 cm

MARKS : Locks are stamped 'G. Smith and Sons Birmm.'

PROVENANCE : British private collection - British art market, West Midlands, UK - Collection of Paul Reeves, Gloucestershire, UK, until 2019 - Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 14th February 2019, lot 121.

EXHIBITED : An almost identical cabinet was exhibited at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867.

LITERATURE : The original drawing for the example shown at the Paris Exhibition was published in the Building News in May 1868.

COLLECTION : Cincinnati Art Museum