This is a fantastic antique Queen Anne Revival burr walnut cocktail cabinet with a fitted, mirrored revolving interior, dating from c. 1920.
The door opens automatically when you pull out the mirrored slide to a fitted mirrored interior with a central drum revolving section with a pop-out mirrored tray in beautiful satinwood with a drawer to the carved apron.
The cabinet is raised on carved cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet and has the original working locks and keys.
This cocktail cabinet would be a wonderful and playful addition to your lounge or family room and is sure to get noticed wherever it is placed.
Condition:
In excellent condition, having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 159 cm x Width 100 cm x Depth 56 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 5 foot, 3 inches x Width 3 foot, 3 inches x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches
Walnut & Burr Walnut
Walnut is a
... hard, dense, tight- grained wood that polishes to a very smooth finish. It is a popular and attractive wood whose colour ranges from near white in the sapwood to a dark hew in the heartwood. When dried in a kiln, walnut wood tends to develop a dull brown colour, but when air-dried can become a rich purplish-brown. Because of its colour, hardness, and grain, it is a prized wood for furniture and carving. Walnut veneer was highly priced, and the cost would reflect the ‘fanciness’ of the veneer – the more decorative, the more expensive and desirable.
Burr walnut refers to the swirling figure present in nearly all walnut when cut and polished, and especially in the wood taken from the base of the tree where it joins the roots. However, the true burr is a rare growth on the tree where hundreds of tiny branches have started to grow. Burr walnut produces some of the most complex and beautiful figuring you can find.
Walnut ''burrs'' were often used to make fabulous furniture. Veneer sliced from walnut burl is one of the most valuable and highly prized by cabinet makers and prestige car manufacturers and is also a favourite material for shotgun stocks.
Our reference: A5162
Internal Reference: A5162
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1220779
Dateline of this antique is 1920
Height is 159cm (62.6inches)Width is 100cm (39.4inches)Depth is 56cm (22.0inches)
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