A Matched Pair of Early George III Mahogany Display Cabinets, Circa 1765

each with a broken arch pediment and dentilled cornice, above a pair of astragal-glazed doors with scroll acanthus corbels to the fronts, and conformingly glazed sides, the bases with a molded waist above a pair of cut-cornered paneled doors with quatrefoil blind-fret and roundel-applied borders, on plinth bases, the interiors now lined in green silk, each cabinet with three later glass shelves, one cabinet base with two shelves, the other with a single shelf, one cabinet with replaced corbels supplied by Arlington Conservation to match the other and with the original corbels retained, the cabinets fitted with electric lights to the top and with the original top boards retained, one cornice and plinth probably replaced

height 105 ¼ in.; width 56 in.; depth 15 ¼ in.

height of the other 105 ¾ in.; width 55 ¼ in.; depth 15 ¼ in.

267.5 cm; 142 cm; 38.5 cm

268.5 cm; 140.5 cm; 38.5 cm