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Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot
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Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot

19th century
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Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot - with Galleried Top Above Slender Spoked Music Canterbury with Sigle Drawer Supported on Turned Feet and Brass Castors - 21"w x 16"d x 39"h

Physical Dimensions
Height
99cm (38.98")
Width
53cm (20.87")
Depth
41cm (16.14")
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Church Street Antiques & Interiors has dated this Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot to the Victorian era.

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SA1174223
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Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot - with Galleried Top Above Slender Spoked Music Canterbury with Sigle Drawer Supported on Turned Feet and Brass Castors - 21"w x 16"d x 39"h
Height
99cm (38.98")
Width
53cm (20.87")
Depth
41cm (16.14")
Date of Manufacture

Church Street Antiques & Interiors has dated this Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot to the Victorian era.

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SA1174223
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sr1102
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A Victorian rosewood Canterbury whatnot featuring a top shelf supported by pierced fretwork side panels, slatted sheet music partitions, a lower drawer, and turned legs with brass castors.
Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot
Ref: SA1174223
A Victorian rosewood Canterbury whatnot featuring a top shelf supported by pierced fretwork side panels, slatted sheet music partitions, a lower drawer, and turned legs with brass castors.
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  • ObjectOccasional Tables
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialRosewood, Brass
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsPierced fretwork, Turned spindles, Gallery rim, Brass castors
  • SizeH 99 cm (39 in) x W 53 cm (21 in) x D 41 cm (16 in)

This Victorian rosewood Canterbury whatnot combines display and storage surfaces in a distinctive occasional table suitable for a gentleman's library or beside a sofa. The piece displays a warm brown timber finish with rich figuring across its surfaces. A galleried top shelf sits upon elaborately pierced fretwork side panels, above a slatted sheet music partition section fitted with slender turned spindles. The lower portion contains a single drawer with two small turned wooden knobs, supported by four short turned legs terminating in brass castors with dark wheels. The overall structure measures 99 cm high, 53 cm wide, and 41 cm deep, providing a compact footprint. In a contemporary interior, this item functions practically as an end table or lamp table while offering convenient storage for books, magazines, or sheet music. The open fretwork sides, curved structural supports, and raised gallery rails on the upper shelf create an ornate profile typical of the Victorian period. The combination of turned woodwork, structural partitions, and mobile castor wheels allows the Canterbury to serve multiple purposes within a living room, study, or hallway setting. Buyers receive a versatile piece of nineteenth-century furniture designed to blend historical character with everyday utility.

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A Canterbury whatnot is an item of 19th-century English furniture combining a tiered display shelf with a lower divided rack originally created to store sheet music or periodicals.

These pieces were typically crafted using solid or veneered rosewood, walnut, or mahogany, assembled with hand-cut dovetail joints, turned spindles, fretwork side panels, and brass castors.

Authentic period examples exhibit dense dark wood grain with characteristic rosewood streaking, period-correct brass castors, hand-carved fretwork, and natural age oxidation on the underside of unvarnished surfaces.

A Canterbury functions well as an occasional side table beside a armchair or sofa, offering a top surface for a small reading lamp while holding magazines or books in the slatted divisions below.

Keep rosewood pieces away from direct heat sources and sunlight to prevent timber shrinkage or fading, and clean the wood periodically using a natural beeswax polish applied with a soft cloth.
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