Large 24-drawer Display Chest from Bicknell Museum

A large three sectioned twenty four drawer display chest, later…
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A large three sectioned twenty four drawer display chest, later 19th century. provenance: The Istituto di studi Liguri, Museo Bicknell, Bordighera, the cypress pine cabinet with sloping glazed display cabinets and three banks of panelled drawers, label verso; from the Bicknell Museum founded in 1888 for the personal library, display and study of the archaeological and botanical collections, most notably butterflies, of its founder Clarence Bicknell. Height 128 cm. Width 235 cm. Depth 65 cm.

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