Sellingantiques.co.uk Logo
  0 antiques uploaded today 10 March
ANTIQUE #SA1191964

1930's Hand-painted Cabinet In The Pre-raphaelite Style

£850    $1,143    €982
 
1930s Hand-Painted Cabinet in the Pre-Raphaelite Style with Medieval Influences
 
A striking and evocative cabinet dating to the 1930s, this piece is a rare fusion of early 20th-century craftsmanship and romantic historicism.
 
The hand-painted panels are rendered in the Pre-Raphaelite style, with lyrical attention to detail and a palette of deep verdigris, crimson, and ochre. The central scene depicts a medieval figure in flowing robes, staff in hand, set against a backdrop of rolling hills and turreted castles—an homage to Arthurian legend and chivalric ideals.
 
Carved embellishments frame the cabinet’s structure, with gothic tracery along the apron and stylised foliage motifs adorning the legs and corners. The overall form is robust yet elegant, with a hinged lid revealing a spacious interior, suggesting its original use as a blanket chest or storage coffer.
 
This cabinet would have been created during a period of revivalist interest in medievalism and romantic art, likel...
Antique SA1191964 shown on this page was made in 1930. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1930
Famous inventions historic timeline graphic to help to give historical context to the date of this antique.
CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
ARUNDEL DECORATIVE PROFILE PHOTO WHICH LINKS TO DEALER PAGE
Arundel Decorative
Decorative French and period English Furniture
West Sussex
United Kingdom
Tel: 07967 604264
EMAIL SELLER
EXTRA RESOURCES