English Walnut Music Cabinet with Shibayama-Inspired Inlay Design
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Early 20th century 'Aesthetic' style music cabinet, of English origin, a walnut cabinet of superior quality. A carved dentil cornice over two doors, carrying eight panels of Japanese 'Shibayama' influenced bone and Mother-of-pearl foliate inlay. Three adjustable shelves over ten vertical music sheet storage bays, the whole resting on block feet. 156 x 105 x 42 cm
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
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