Painted door cabinet part 2

Detail of painted door on cabinet shows remarkable similarites with the preparatory drawing by Fairfax Murray dated 1875 (sold Christies May 2016)

Painted door corner cabinet Fairfax Murray

A corner cabinet is being sold by Cheffins Auctions that has close similarities with the Collinson and Lock cabinet shown at the  Philadelphia International exhibtion in 1876. The painted panels have the initials of Charles Fairfax Murray

Cabinet numbered 5109

A late Victorian mahogany display cabinet, stamped COLLINSON & LOCK LONDON 5109,  dentil cornice above a marquetry capital and a pair of glazed doors enclosing a shelf, the lower half with a pair of geometrically moulded panel doors, reeded apron, open undertier, square legs, 173.5cm high, 67cm wide, 33.5cm deep

New Collinson & Lock number 6145

Mahogany Cabinet, having shelf and satinwood door panels with fitted slide out interior drawers, signed on door with number 6145, height 51 inches, top 15 1/2″ x 22″

Nadeau Auctions Windsor CT February 2022

Conference Presentation

Invited paper to be presented to the conference:

The Wonder of Wood: Decorative Inlay and Marquetry in Europe and America, 1600–1900

A Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library and Philadelphia Museum of Art Conference

April 26–28, 2022:

The paper will be on the topic of Collinson and Lock's marquetry work.

Synopis to follow

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