A pair of rosewood D-shaped hanging display cabinets by Edward Barnsley
possibly made in 1967 following a Barnsley design
Each inlaid with sycamore stringing, the projecting top above a hinged glazed door with re-entrant upper angles, enclosing glass shelves, each stamped: 'BARNSLEY', 51cm wide x 24cm deep x 76cm high, (20in wide x 9in deep x 29 1/2in high) (2)
Footnotes:
Provenance
The offered pair of hanging display cabinets were bought 'ready made' from the Edward Barnsley workshop by the parents of the current owner and vendor.
Unfortunately no specific commission details relating to the present cabinets appear among the records at the Edward Barnsley Workshop.
However it is almost certainly the case that they were made, following a 1967 Barnsley design, for the purpose of workshop stock, possibly alongside other identical or comparable examples of this type.

The Barnsley design for the current lot, which is dated 1967, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Edward Barnsley, Sixty Years of Furniture Design and Cabinet Making, printed: 1982, fig. 73, p. 55. The original pair of rosewood and sycamore inlaid display cabinets of this particular model were specially made by the Barnsley workshop for a Mrs E. Hibberd.

The plinth to the interior of these cabinets was requested by Mrs Hibberd so that any objects to be displayed inside them would be visible above the door frame. The Japanese silk used for the back and plinth of the interior had been sourced in London by Edward Barnsley following Mrs Hibberd's requirement of a soft lining.

It is interesting to note that another two pairs of this exact design, which were made from Cuban mahogany, were produced at the same time. And it is documented that one of these pairs was purchased by a Mrs Bennett.

We are extremely grateful to the Edward Barnsley Educational Trust for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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