Display Cabinet
Manufacturer: Jackson & Graham (British | English, about 1840-1885)
Date: about 1863
Dimensions:
H: 104 in. (264.2 cm); W: 29 in. (73.7 cm); Depth: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Medium: Ebony veneer; ivory inlay.
Classification: Furniture
Credit Line: The Charles Braton Johnson Family Furniture Fund
Object number: 2006.29
Label Text:This cabinet, designed in the Renaissance Revival style by Owen Jones (1809–1874), originally displayed treasured objects from millionaire banker and art collector Alfred Morrison’s extensive collection of Chinese porcelain and enamels. The cabinet was designed as part of a new room for Morrison’s estate Fonthill House in Tisbury, England, intended solely for the display of his Chinese artifacts. Its ebony and ivory inlay matched the paneling and decoration of the room, while the yellow silk lining (refurbished after an original fabric fragment), echoed the color of the room’s gilded moldings. The ivory inlay embellishment of the door in the base incorporates the owner’s interlaced monogram “AM.”
The cabinet is the second object acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art from Alfred Morrison’s Fonthill House art collection. In 1954, the Museum purchased the famous “Morrison Triptych,” a Flemish altarpiece of about 1500 by an artist now known as the Master of the Morrison Triptych (see Gallery 16).
The cabinet is the second object acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art from Alfred Morrison’s Fonthill House art collection. In 1954, the Museum purchased the famous “Morrison Triptych,” a Flemish altarpiece of about 1500 by an artist now known as the Master of the Morrison Triptych (see Gallery 16).
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