A vintage-style wooden display cabinet with glass doors and decorative arched glass panels, styled in a warm, neutral-toned room next to a sofa and a potted plant.

19th-century mahogany astragal glazed double-door display cabinet

$1,200.00
$1,200.00 $2,200.00
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A vintage-style wooden display cabinet with glass doors and decorative arched glass panels, styled in a warm, neutral-toned room next to a sofa and a potted plant.
  • A vintage-style wooden display cabinet with glass doors and decorative arched glass panels, styled in a warm, neutral-toned room next to a sofa and a potted plant.
  • A vintage-style wooden display cabinet with glass doors and decorative arched glass panels, styled in a warm, neutral-toned room next to a sofa and a potted plant.
19th-century mahogany astragal glazed double-door display cabinet

19th-century mahogany astragal glazed double-door display cabinet

$1,200.00
$1,200.00 $2,200.00

1. Historical Style & Period

  • Item Name / Nomenclature: 19th Century Mahogany Astragal Glazed Double Door Display Cabinet (historically styled as a Chippendale Revival China Cabinet / Vitrine) 

  • Era: Late 19th Century (Circa 1880s–1890s) . This example draws directly from the 18th-century English Chippendale style, featuring hand-carved ball-and-claw feet and traditional glazed door architecture 

  • Style: Chippendale Revival / Victoriana . Marked by ornate organic motifs, dark heavily-figured woods, and decorative glazing, a highly favored revival style during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods in Britain 

  • Function: Display Cabinet / Bookcase . Historically used in drawing rooms, dining rooms, and hallways to house fine porcelain, glassware, books, or prized collections behind locked glass .

2. Key Architectural & Decorative Features

  • Ornate Gothic Astragal Glazing: Includes twin glass doors decorated with intricate, Gothic-influenced arched and pointed tracery (astragal bars) .

  • Carved Ball and Claw Feet: Supported by sturdy cabriole legs ending in hand-carved bird-or-dragon claws clutching a ball, a signature of the Chippendale style .

  • Tiered Gallery & Crown Moulding: Completed at the top with a slightly projecting tiered crown featuring a carved border and an arched, raised rear upstand/gallery .

  • Fabric-Lined Interior Shelves: Houses three large shelves (often lined with light-colored fabric or paper) providing abundant space for objects .

  • Patinated Mahogany Construction: Crafted from solid and veneered mahogany, displaying a rich, aged reddish-brown color and natural figuring .

  • Measurement : (H: 122cm x W: 122cm)

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