Display cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Steel and glass
Measurements
200 x 130 x 38.5 cm
Place of origin
France
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245887
Summary
A steel and glass vitrine, or display cabinet, French, early 20th century. With rounded corners and a mirrored back, the interior fitted with three glass shelves. On tapering and turned feet.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. This item found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, found in the Staircase Hall, page 2.