Terms and conditions of use
- Medium
- East Indian Satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia), West Indian Satinwood (Zanthoxylum sp.), (other timbers), glass
- Measurements
- 209.0 × 122.3 × 46.7 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Accession Number
- D65-1991
- Department
- Australian Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Mrs Stella Hawkes, 1991
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 7
Level 2, NGV Australia - About this work
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Arriving in Melbourne at the age of sixteen, William Henry Rocke went on to become the proprietor of the city’s most important furniture importing and manufacturing business. He participated in the great intercolonial and international exhibitions and the elaborate room settings he presented at the 1880–81 Melbourne International Exhibition, of which this cabinet was a part, caused a sensation. The cabinet is in the ‘Old English’ style, one of the many revivalist styles of the Aesthetic movement, and combines elegant inlaid decoration with panels painted by the Scottish-born Melbourne-based artist, John Mather.
- Physical description
- Two parts, upper has tall central mirror flanked by cupboards; lower has central cupboard and drawers.