A Victorian mahogany and ebony inlaid display cabinet third quarter 19th century

with two shaped glass panels to the top, one cracked, the interior with velvet lining, with two frieze drawers on ring turned legs together with another display cabinet, lower and of similar form with a plain later stand on tapering cylindrical legs, glass cracked (2)

Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Country Life, June 15 1907,  p. 871 in the Library

Smaller cabinet 96cm. high, 139cm. wide, 60cm. deep. The larger display cabinet is in good condition but is missing three sections of ebonised moulding to the hinged door. The interior is in good clean condition and only has minor light marks and scratches throughout. The smaller cabinet is in good condition but on glazed panel is cracked and there are losses to the ebonised moulding and losses to the veneer on one corner. Interior is good and only light scratches throughout.
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One photographed in the Library at Chatsworth in the late 19th century.