Edward William Godwin Display Cabinet, London Circa 1872-1875.

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Edward William Godwin
Display Cabinet

Circa 1872-1875
possibly manufactured by Collinson & Lock, London, UK
ebonized wood, clear glass, mirrored … Read more Edward William Godwin
Display Cabinet

Circa 1872-1875
possibly manufactured by Collinson & Lock, London, UK
ebonized wood, clear glass, mirrored glass, brass
60 ¼ x 73 ½ x 12 ½ in. (153 x 186.7 x 31.8 cm)

Susan Weber Soros, The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin with Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1999, p. 202, fig. 323 (for a related example)

This is a type of cabinet used in the late nineteenth century for the display of various objects, often the Japanese (and Japanese-inspired) porcelain that was especially popular in the 1870s. Godwin’s interest in the arts of Japan is expressed through watercolors exhibiting a trellis pattern in the background that is echoed in the rail decoration of the present design. See less