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Haberdashery Display Cabinet
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Haberdashery Display Cabinet

1920 - 1940
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This charming 1940's haberdashery cabinet , that would have originally been designed for display and storage of haberdashery items. This cabinet would make a striking statement in your home or bussiness as it is great for storage especially in a office or dressing room . The cabinet has sixteen glass fronted drawers, and four larger drawers to the base.

Dimensions:-

Height 78" 199cm

Width 36" 91cm

Depth 18" 46cm

Date of Manufacture

Gaylords Antiques has dated this Vintage Haberdashery Display Cabinet to the 1940s.

Independent Date Guide ID 09720145
Dealer's Item Date1940s
Sellingantiques Date1940s
Sellingantiques agingItem 70-95 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1940s:
Chrome bridge handles and cup pulls: style fixes manufacture to the mid-twentieth century.
Machine-cut joints on drawer boxes: standardised workshop production.
Glass-fronted drawers with recessed slides: specialised shop show layout.
Surface pitting on the chrome plating: gradual oxidisation over decades of handling.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
199cm (78.35")
Width
91cm (35.83")
Depth
46cm (18.11")
Reference Numbers
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SA1245735
Description
This charming 1940's haberdashery cabinet , that would have originally been designed for display and storage of haberdashery items.
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This cabinet would make a striking statement in your home or bussiness as it is great for storage especially in a office or dressing room.
Gaylords Antiques

. The cabinet has sixteen glass fronted drawers, and four larger drawers to the base.

Dimensions:-

Height 78" 199cm

Width 36" 91cm

Depth 18" 46cm

Date of Manufacture

Gaylords Antiques has dated this Vintage Haberdashery Display Cabinet to the 1940s.

Independent Date Report ID 09720145
Dealer's Item Date1940s
Sellingantiques dating1940s
Sellingantiques agingItem 70-95 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1940s:
Chrome bridge handles and cup pulls: style fixes manufacture to the mid-twentieth century.
Machine-cut joints on drawer boxes: standardised workshop production.
Glass-fronted drawers with recessed slides: specialised shop show layout.
Surface pitting on the chrome plating: gradual oxidisation over decades of handling.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
199cm (78.35")
Width
91cm (35.83")
Depth
46cm (18.11")
Reference Numbers
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SA1245735
Gaylords Antiques
Gaylords Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2011

Antique furniture specialists est 1966

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A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles.
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Archive I A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles.

Haberdashery Display Cabinet

Archive II A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles. View II
Archive III A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles. View III
Archive IV A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles. View IV
Archive V A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles. View V
Archive VI A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles. View VI
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Gaylords Antiques
Telephone 01329 843 402
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75 West Street
Titchfield
Fareham
Hampshire
P014 4DG
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/gaylords
Verified Since Apr 2011
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A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles.
Haberdashery Display Cabinet
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A tall golden oak haberdashery cabinet featuring sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers with metal handles.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectDisplay Cabinets
  • Period1920 - 1940
  • StyleEarly 20th Century Commercial
  • MaterialOak, Glass, Metal
  • ColourGolden Brown
  • MotifsGlass-front drawers, Metal cup handles, Fluted cornice moulding
  • SizeH 199 cm (78 in) x W 91 cm (36 in) x D 46 cm (18 in)

This tall haberdashery display cabinet dates from the 1940 period in an early twentieth-century commercial style. The piece is fashioned from golden brown oak with glass and metal elements, finished in a warm amber timber tone. Details visible include sixteen glass-fronted upper drawers and four solid wooden lower drawers to the base, all fitted with bright metal cup handles, alongside a fluted cornice moulding running along the top. Measuring 199 cm high, 91 cm wide and 46 cm deep, it provides substantial storage capacity while maintaining a narrow floor footprint. Today, this functional commercial furniture piece suits placement in a dressing room or home office for storing accessories and everyday items. It introduces practical utility and period industrial character to modern interiors, providing organized compartmental storage behind transparent fronts at the top and concealed drawers below.

FAQs

A haberdashery display cabinet is a specialized retail storage unit historically used in draperies and tailor shops during the 19th and early 20th centuries to display goods such as ribbons, threads, and folded shirts behind glass while keeping them free from dust.

These commercial cabinets were predominantly constructed using durable hardwoods such as oak, mahogany, or pitch pine, fitted with clear glass paneled drawer fronts and cast metal or brass hardware.

Authentic pieces generally feature clear signs of historical commercial use, traditional joinery techniques such as dovetail joints on the internal drawers, glass front panels, and period metal pull handles.

A haberdashery unit works well as statement storage in living rooms, bedrooms, or dining spaces to house folded textiles, glassware, or curated collections while providing clear visual access through the glass fronts.

Maintain the timber by applying a high-quality natural beeswax polish along the grain, while keeping the glass drawer fronts clean using a damp microfibre cloth and mild glass cleaner.
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