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Holland & Sons Stamped Music Canterbury
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Holland & Sons Stamped Music Canterbury

19th century
Description

19th century Rio rosewood canterbury by Royal Cabinet Makers Holland & Son.

A four division music canterbury with integrated carrying handle. The rosewood uprights that support the divisions are made in the solid as are the ring turned columns that decorate the sides.

The top rails are solid but shaped with corner finials that are supported on larger scaled ring turned columns.

The canterbury is highly figured throughout with Rio rosewood with a full length mahogany lined drawer. The makers impress mark is visible on the top inside of the drawer.

The music canterbury is free standing and is raised on elegant tapered legs that sit into gilt brass caps and castors.

This is the Rolls Royce of canterburies!

Physical Dimensions
Height
56cm (22.05")
Width
58cm (22.83")
Depth
41cm (16.14")
Declaration

Freshfords Fine Antiques has dated this Victorian Rosewood Music Canterbury to the 19th Century.

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SA1216411
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11516
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Description
19th century Rio rosewood canterbury by Royal Cabinet Makers Holland & Son.

A four division music canterbury with integrated carrying handle.

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The rosewood uprights that support the divisions are made in the solid as are the ring turned columns that decorate the sides.
Freshfords Fine Antiques
fig 1. A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors.
fig 1. Holland & Sons Stamped Music Canterbury

The top rails are solid but shaped with corner finials that are supported on larger scaled ring turned columns.

The canterbury is highly figured throughout with Rio rosewood with a full length mahogany lined drawer. The makers impress mark is visible on the top inside of the drawer.

The music canterbury is free standing and is raised on elegant tapered legs that sit into gilt brass caps and castors.

This is the Rolls Royce of canterburies!

Height
56cm (22.05")
Width
58cm (22.83")
Depth
41cm (16.14")
Date of Manufacture

Freshfords Fine Antiques has dated this Victorian Rosewood Music Canterbury to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1216411
Dealers Internal Ref
11516
Freshfords Fine Antiques
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Archive I A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors.

Holland & Sons Stamped Music Canterbury

Archive II A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors. View II
Archive III A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors. View III
Archive IV A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors. View IV
Archive V A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors. View V
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A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors.
Holland & Sons Stamped Music Canterbury
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A Victorian rosewood music canterbury featuring turned spindle dividers, a top carrying handle, a lower drawer with two brass knobs, and turned legs with brass castors.
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A music canterbury is a low, compartmentalised wooden stand created during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to store sheet music and manuscripts near a piano. It features vertical dividers, a carrying handle, and frequently includes a lower drawer raised on castors.

High-quality cabinetmakers constructed music canterburys using fine hardwoods such as rosewood, walnut, and mahogany. Construction details include hand-cut dovetailed drawer joints, turned timber spindles, and solid brass castors.

Authentic nineteenth-century pieces display hand-turned spindle dividers, genuine brass castors attached to turned feet, and natural surface patination. Stamped maker marks, such as those from cabinetmakers like Holland & Sons on the drawer edge, further confirm authenticity.

A music canterbury functions in contemporary interiors as a magazine rack alongside a sofa, storage for vinyl records, or an accent piece in a home library or entryway.

Dust the timber regularly with a dry, soft microfiber cloth and apply natural beeswax polish periodically along the grain. Keep the piece away from direct sunlight and central heating radiators to prevent wood shrinkage or timber cracking.
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