A Morris & Co inlaid Italian walnut cabinet designed by George Jack, model no.554, glazed

A Morris & Co inlaid Italian walnut cabinet designed by George Jack, model no.554, glazed cabinets with hinged doors flanking central bow-fronted cabinet, the doors with inlaid stylised flowers and foliage, above drawers and a central bow-fronted cabinet, patinated metal furniture

stamped Morris & Co, to top of central drawer,

218cm high

183cm wide

67cm deep

Provenance

Col. J B Muir DSO, purchased from Morris & Company, 1920, thence by descent.

Literature

Specimens of Furniture and Interior Decoration, Morris & Company, page 14 this cabinet design illustrated, priced £170

Catalogue notes

This cabinet was sent to Paris in 1914 to be exhibited at the important exhibition of decorative art organised by the British Government and was stuck in the French capital until the Great War finished.