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Fine Victorian Music Canterbury
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Fine Victorian Music Canterbury

19th century
Description

A fine late Victorian Brass and Walnut music Canterbury with gilt gallery, mirrored back and single drawer over four sliding shelves retaining their original handles.

In super condition.

Now available from our large showroom in Marlborough, Wiltshire.

Delivery available - please contact us for a quote.

Physical Dimensions
Height
105cm (41.34")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
34cm (13.39")
Declaration

Ropeworks Antiques has dated this Victorian Mahogany Music Canterbury to the 1890s.

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SA854004
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Buying and selling antique and decorative furniture and related items from a riverside setting in the beautiful market town of Marlborough, home of the second widest high street in the UK.

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Description
A fine late Victorian Brass and Walnut music Canterbury with gilt gallery, mirrored back and single drawer over four sliding shelves retaining their original handles.

In super condition.

Now available from our large showroom in Marlborough, Wiltshire.

Delivery available - please contact us for a quote.

Height
105cm (41.34")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
34cm (13.39")
Date of Manufacture

Ropeworks Antiques has dated this Victorian Mahogany Music Canterbury to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers
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SA854004
Ropeworks Antiques
Ropeworks Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Dec 2012

Also on instagram - #ropeworksantiques

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A Victorian mahogany and brass music Canterbury featuring labelled pull-out sheet music shelves, a single top drawer, and a mirror-backed upper shelf with a brass gallery.
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Archive I A Victorian mahogany and brass music Canterbury featuring labelled pull-out sheet music shelves, a single top drawer, and a mirror-backed upper shelf with a brass gallery.

Fine Victorian Music Canterbury

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Archive IV Scale Reference for A Victorian mahogany and brass music Canterbury featuring labelled pull-out sheet music shelves, a single top drawer, and a mirror-backed upper shelf with a brass gallery.
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Archive VI A Victorian mahogany and brass music Canterbury featuring labelled pull-out sheet music shelves, a single top drawer, and a mirror-backed upper shelf with a brass gallery. View VI
Archive VII A Victorian mahogany and brass music Canterbury featuring labelled pull-out sheet music shelves, a single top drawer, and a mirror-backed upper shelf with a brass gallery. View VII
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Ropeworks Antiques

Ropeworks Antiques
Telephone 07725 509949
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The Old Ropeworks
Kennet Place
Marlborough
SN8 1NG
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/ropeworksantiques
Verified Since Dec 2012
Items For Sale 274
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A Victorian mahogany and brass music Canterbury featuring labelled pull-out sheet music shelves, a single top drawer, and a mirror-backed upper shelf with a brass gallery.
Fine Victorian music Canterbury
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A Victorian mahogany and brass music Canterbury featuring labelled pull-out sheet music shelves, a single top drawer, and a mirror-backed upper shelf with a brass gallery.
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  • ObjectMusic Cabinets
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialMahogany, Brass, Glass
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsLabelled handles, Brass gallery, Bevelled mirror back, Spindle legs
  • SizeH 105 cm (41 in) x W 55 cm (22 in) x D 34 cm (13 in)

This Victorian music Canterbury follows the aesthetic of a gentleman's library, rendered in rich warm brown mahogany combined with bright brass hardware and clear glass. The upper section holds a bevelled mirror-backed shelf topped with an openwork brass gallery supported by turned spindle posts. Below, a single wooden drawer fitted with an ornate cast handle sits above four sliding music shelves, each equipped with its own labelled pull-out handle. Slender brass uprights frame the body, ending in round cast feet resting directly on the floor. The piece measures 105 cm high, 55 cm wide, and 34 cm deep. In a modern interior, this versatile piece sits comfortably in an empty corner of a living room, study or music room, functioning as a practical storage unit for sheet music, periodicals or everyday accessories. The flat top surface provides a convenient display area for small decorative items, lamps or plants. Its compact footprint makes it suitable for both spacious and intimate rooms, offering period character and accessible storage without overwhelming surrounding furniture.

FAQs

A music Canterbury is a specialised piece of nineteenth-century furniture constructed with partitions or pull-out shelves to store and organise loose sheet music and bound scores near a piano.

Victorian music cabinets were commonly made using solid hardwoods such as mahogany, walnut, or rosewood, often accented with cast brass spindling, brass galleries, and mirror glass inserts.

Authentic Victorian pieces feature period construction details such as hand-cut dovetail joints on drawers, original cast brass handles, natural patination on wood and metal surfaces, and specific period hardware.

An antique music cabinet can serve as a slim side table in a hallway or living room, function as a modern print and stationery rack, or add structural character to an empty alcove.

Dust timber surfaces regularly with a soft cloth and apply beeswax periodically along the grain, while cleaning brass components with a non-abrasive dry cloth to preserve natural oxidisation and patination.
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