Hardwood Display Cabinet with Carved Dragons and Glass Shelves
A hardwood rectangular display cabinet, 20th century, in two sections, with a glazed upper section set with two doors at the front opening to reveal two glass shelves, the glass panels at the front, sides and back bordered with an openwork carved wood frame of angular scrolls within the moulded edge, the lower section with two doors enclosing a cupboard, each carved in relief with a central shou character flanked by confronting stylised dragons within a scrollwork border, the whole supported on short corner feet, 77.95 in. high, 41.73 in. wide, 16.93 in. deep
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- Panels - Timber pieces, usually of well-figured wood either recessed or applied over the frames of doors and as decoration elsewhere in the carcase of cabinet furniture. The panels may take a variety of shapes rectangular, square, shield shape, oval, half-round or in the form of Egyptian pylons.
- Scrolls - Serpentine-shaped forms, used in cabinet construction and decoration for centuries. The scroll appears in legs, feet, as carving in chair brackets, chair rails and arms. The deeper and more spontaneous the carving is, the earlier the piece is likely to be. The Regency or 'Thomas Hope' scroll, used on pediments and sideboard backs, consists of two scrolls on the horizontal plane, placed back to back in a mirror image, and sometimes decorated with a variety of carved and/or applied ornament, such as shells, foliate and other motifs. Chippendale-style furniture is often distinguished by two corresponding scrolls in the form of a 'C' in the upper splat or where chair legs join the seat rail.
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