A Fine 24-Drawer Mahogany, Oak & Parquetry Inlaid Lepidopterist’s Collector Cabinet c.1870

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A Fine 24-Drawer Mahogany, Oak & Parquetry Inlaid Lepidopterist’s Collector Cabinet c.1870Origin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 29. 25 Width: 28. 25 Depth: 16 The beautifully crafted lepidopterists collecting cabinet, with an oak and mahogany carcass of superb colour to a pair of lockable glazed doors, opening to reveal twenty four air tight numbered and glazed drawers each with boxwood and ebony parquetry stringing and with brass ring pull handles, the lift out drawers housing a total of three

the Tudor Manor House has been lived in by the Palmer family for more than 450 years and has been passed from father to son over thirteen generations

5” high x 7” deep on a 4” base

The sofa is in super condition and is ready to use

and Les Nabis

More restrained and delicate designs were used during the Neoclassical revival of the late 18th century

his hair tinged with a hint of chestnut remaining in wonderful condition today

who was the son of Alan Percy

The large and imposing dark patinated bronze portrait bust of a Roman Republican

the whole sitting on turned feet and surviving from the early Victorian period

They do have some rippling

whilst the year also saw the birth of Oscar Wilde

and what nineteenth century phrenologists called "the only true science of mind"