Lot Essay
cf. See The Craftsman, September, 1903, Vol. IV, "In the Children's World", p. 495, for a cabinet with side stretchers and overhang as in the present example, but with the addition of an arched apron in the front.
See also the October 1903 issue, Vol. V, p. 87, for an article, likely by someone other than Ellis, which illustrates a drawing of a china cabinet with similar glazed front but also having glazed sides. The lower portion of the cabinet is obscured in this illustration, but is individually detailed in a drawing on page 91 accompanying the article entitled "A Simple Dining-Room", where the china cabinet has an arched apron but is lacking the stretchers at the sides.
All of the cabinet designs noted here appear to have bowed sides, not a feature of the present example.
See also the October 1903 issue, Vol. V, p. 87, for an article, likely by someone other than Ellis, which illustrates a drawing of a china cabinet with similar glazed front but also having glazed sides. The lower portion of the cabinet is obscured in this illustration, but is individually detailed in a drawing on page 91 accompanying the article entitled "A Simple Dining-Room", where the china cabinet has an arched apron but is lacking the stretchers at the sides.
All of the cabinet designs noted here appear to have bowed sides, not a feature of the present example.