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Display Cabinet

Manufacturer Jackson & Graham (British | English, about 1840-1885)

Place of OriginEngland

Dateabout 1863

DimensionsH: 104 in. (264.2 cm); W: 29 in. (73.7 cm); Depth: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

MediumEbony veneer; ivory inlay.

ClassificationFurniture

Credit LineThe Charles Braton Johnson Family Furniture Fund

Object number

2006.29

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 32

Label TextThis 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).Published ReferencesH.Blairman & Sons Ltd.: Furniture and Works of Art, London, 2006, no. 4, repr. (col.) (not paginated)