Kingwood Cocktail Cabinet with Tambour Doors and Marble Top
French cross banded kingwood cocktail cabinet cupboard with tambour doors above two cupboards and a slide, gilt metal mounts and marble top. Height 55.51 in. width 31.50 in. depth 16.93 in.
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- Mounts - Mounts are used to describe bronze, brass and ormolu adornments on furniture especially quality furniture in the rococo and classical revival style, and are also the cabinet makers' name for the metal fittings on furniture, such as hinges, locks and handles, and metal edges and guards which protect furniture from damage.
- Tambour - A form of folding shutter formed by narrow widths of wood with the flat side glued to canvas, and used on some writing desks, sideboards and other cabinets.
The tambours may run vertically and enclose some stationery compartments, such as in a lady's writing desk. Or the tambours may run horizontally, such as in a Cutler desk, and form an enclosure for the whole of the writing surface.
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