Armidale holds an annual antique fair in February and we purchase functional items from time to time. Recent acquisitions include my throne and a nice hall-stand. Today's visit ended up with us purchasing a unique item we've never come across before - a storage chest capable of hosting the thousands of documents we seem to accumulate - many of them financial documents of one kind or another lodged in all sorts of places around the house.
Now they'll all be in one spot courtesy of this beautiful - to us at least - piece of furniture. It is made of mahogany with brass inlays and a lovely red marble cap. It has locking side panels which constrain the 16 deep wooden boxes faced in green leather embossed in gold. The piece was constructed in 1910, which makes it a year shy of its 100th birthday. A lot of people were looking at it and we decided to make an early offer.
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1 comment:
It looks a great buy and well worth whatever you paid for it.
I recently bought a new 2 drawer metal filing cabinet made by a company called Bisley and it works like a treat. Now I can file all our papers in one place.
Richard Snow.
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