A MASSIVE AMERICAN WALNUT CIRCULAR EXHIBITION CABINET. Circa 1853. 107 x 64 inches (271.8 x 162.6 cm) . ...

Description

A MASSIVE AMERICAN WALNUT CIRCULAR EXHIBITION CABINET
Circa 1853
107 x 64 inches (271.8 x 162.6 cm)

Of stepped drum form, the base with four raised panel doors alternating with stacks of three drawers, with a shaped apron fitted with four drawers above slide-out felt-covered shelves, crowned by a four-step top, the bottom most section with inverted mirrored panels separating arch-topped cabinet doors (one with hidden compartments) above drawer, with white marble inserts between mirrored panels, surmounted by three graduated shelves with fretwork supports joining to a central knop at the top, interlaced carving edging topmost shelf

PROVENANCE:
Red Baron, Atlanta, 1982;
Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, The Crow Art Partnership Collection, October 13, 2007, lot 33067.

This massive full round cabinet was purported to have been created for the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1853-1854 though no provenance is available regarding this.

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