Display case
Category
Furniture
Date
1870 - 1929
Materials
Giltwood, glass and damask
Measurements
10 x 46 x 38 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245904.2
Summary
One of a pair of giltwood display cases, or show cases, English, late 19th/early 20th century. Each with a sloping hinged lid, fitted with a panel of beveled glass in a beaded surround. Lined to the interior with red damask.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded; 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.