Arts & Crafts Cabinet Attributed to John Solley Henry

Description:

Arts & Crafts Cabinet Attributed to John Solley Henry
Oak, glass, metal
Active 1895-1910, London, England
Flat cornice over a panel inlaid with the motto "A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place," over a shelf and shallow cabinet lined in green velvet with glazed sides and door of foliate composition with green glass accents, tapered square columns at front corners, above a single bowed drawer with heart-shaped pulls and a quarter-sawn two-door cabinet with decorative hinges terminating in pierced foliate accents, interior fitted on the right with single shelf, and on the left with four shelves, on square legs and stretcher with bracket feet, unmarked, evidence of circular label to drawer interior, ht. 69, wd. 30, dp. 17 1/2 in.

Note: Skinner would like to thank Stafford Waters, Architectural and Design Historian in Glasgow Scotland for his assistance in obtaining the correct attribution from the following publications: The Magazine of Art, about 1903 and The Craftsmen from the same period.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

Missing lock mechanisms, hinge pins possibly replaced, one green pane of glass cracked, some hinges slightly bent.


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