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Music cabinet (© Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum/Bridgeman Art Library)
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© Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum/Bridgeman Art Library

Music cabinet

Artist: William Arthur Smith Benson (1854 - 1924), Heywood Sumner (1853 - 1940)

Location: Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

Date: circa 1889

Materials: mahogany, boxwood, wax

Dimensions: 65 x 63 x 96 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,600 (Total: £14,400)

Vendor: Haslam & Whiteway

Review number: 3178 (1986)

Provenance:
Haslam & Whiteway Ltd.

Description:
Music cabinet on stand (h.95.5) with decorative designs by Heywood Sumner. Mahogany and boxwood inlaid with blue wax stopping. Motifs are animals, real and mythical, birds and foliage.

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