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WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE A NUMBER OF MAHOGANY
CABINETS FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
IN LONDON.
MADE IN MAHOGANY BY THE LEADING CABINET MAKERS
OF THE TIME - GILLOW, DRUCE, AND CUBIT . THEY
WERE ORIGINALLY USED TO HOUSE THE VAST COLLECTIONS
OF SPECIMENS BROUGHT BACK TO ENGLAND IN THE 19C.
MANY OF THE SPECIMENS WERE COLLECTED BY THE MEMBERS
OF THE EXCEPTIONALLY WEALTHY ARISTOCRACE WHO,
RATHER THAN DOING THE " GRAND TOUR "
OF EUROPE, PREFERRED THE ADVENTURE OF EXPLORING
THE AMAZONS AND AMERICAS. ON THEIR RETURN TO ENGLAND,
THEY OFTEN SPONSORED THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE
CABINETS TO HOLD THEIR VAST COLLECTIONS, DONATED
TO THE NATION AND HOUSED AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY.
DUE TO THE CABINETS NOT BEING SUFFICIENTLY AIRTIGHT
TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE 150 YEAR OLD SPECIMENS,
NEW METAL CABINETS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED TO HOLD
THE ORIGINAL DRAWERS ( THUS NONE OF THE CABINETS
WE OFFER HAVE ANY DRAWERS)
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