Hanging Key Cabinet

Kimbel and Cabus

ca. 1874 · Oak · The American Wing

This Modern Gothic key cabinet has been attributed to the firm of Kimbel and Cabus on the basis of an illustration of the company's showroom published in the February 1877 issue of the "American Architect and Building News," which shows a cabinet such as this hanging on the back wall. With its florid oak carving and details reminiscent of medieval architecture, the cabinet, which has hooks for twenty keys, is an unusual example of the firm's Modern Gothic furniture designs. Anthony Kimbel (d. 1895) and Joseph Cabus became partners by 1863 and were one of the few firms to show Modern Gothic furniture at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876.

Artist

Kimbel and Cabus

Date

ca. 1874

Medium

Oak

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Sansbury-Mills Fund, 1981