Arts and Crafts Cabinet by Lamb of Manchester, England circa 1865 (Out of Stock)

£12,000

SKU: C927

Start Date (circa): 1865

Medium:  Amboyna, ebonised, purplewood, fruitwood inlaid and parcel gilt decoration

stamped: 'LAMB, MANCHESTER, 33742'

Height: 111 cm

Width: 200 cm

Depth (framed): 49 cm

Current condition: Very Good Condition

Country: England

An Exhibition quality Cabinet by Lamb of Manchester.

 Amboyna, ebonised, purplewood, fruitwood inlaid and parcel gilt decoration.  

After a design by Bruce Talbert.

 With incised and chip carved lozenge, line, lunette and stylised foliate decoration, the pair of central glazed panelled doors enclosing a gilt tooled leather lined interior with a twin panelled mirror inset back and one shelf, flanked by two triple raised panelled doors each incised and inlaid with geometric rosettes and stylised foliage within pearled surrounds, each enclosing a mahogany interior and one adjustable shelf, interspersed by engaged columns with chamfered angles.

stamped: ‘LAMB, MANCHESTER, 33742’,

 approximately: 200cm wide x 49cm deep x 111cm high, (78 1/2in wide x 19in deep x 43 1/2in high)

England

Circa 1865.

 Footnotes: A related 1860s low cabinet by Gillow and Co, which has similar geometric decoration to the offered lot, sold Christie’s, London, 3 November 1999, 20th Century Decorative Arts, lot 39. As with the present example, the design of this comparable was attributed to Bruce Talbert, who was a champion of the so called ‘Geometric Gothic’ style which was at its peak in Britain during the 1860s and 1870s