Cabinet
Collinson and Lock
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Indian rosewood, mahogany, sycamore, glass, velvet
Measurements
140 x 115.5 x 42 cm
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1214007
Summary
An Indian rosewood and inlaid display cabinet, made by Collinson & Lock, designed by Stephen Webb, circa 1890. Profusely inlaid overall with detailed marquetry in mahogany, rosewood and sycamore, the central door depicting cherubs amongst foliage, the inner panel with a cherub wielding a sword below a pair of herald cherubs, flanked by glazed bowed doors with shelved velvet-lined interiors, the upper frieze with more cherubs and foliage, the lower deeper frieze with scrolling foliage, figures, birds, cornucopiae, urns and phoenix-like masks, standing on square legs with Ionic capitals and with plinth base, the doors with COPE & COLLINSON locks.
Full description
The London firm of Collinson & Lock were established in 1870 and a year later published their catalogue of ‘Sketches of Artistic Furniture’. Their principal designer was T.E. Collcutt and they enjoyed considerable success throughout the 1870s and 1880s, merging with Jackson & Graham in 1884. They were themselves taken over by Gillows in 1897. The firm became especially well-known for their signature rosewood furniture with ivory intarsia designed by Stephen Webb; this is a very good example of his work, although in this instance the detail is in marquetry as opposed to ivory.
Marks and inscriptions
On the locks: COPE & COLLINSON
Makers and roles
Collinson and Lock, furniture manufacturer Stephen Webb, designer