Meet the newest addition to the "family" - a 10 drawer Plan Cabinet by Staverton (UK) a furniture maker who supplied furniture to the Crown Courts and other crown buildings.
It is dated 1957 (it's older than me!) with the ER crest and is a magnificent (huge) utilitarian piece which will store my original comic art collection! Up till now, I've been using a small plan cabinet (which used to store hospital x-rays) but was running out of room so this piece will suffice into the future.
I've been chasing a piece like this (I don't like metal cabinets, much prefer wood) for some years and was very pleased to find this one. It was pretty beat up but Lisa and I (under Lisa's supervision) have spent quite a few hours removing the cork tiles stuck on top, sanding it, staining it and lovingly restoring it! Thanks Lisa
I was desperately in need of something to house my twice up art- I settled on a custom art case that doesn't look 1/10th as nice as what you've got there.
Thanks everyone - great to see fellow collectors like the "new addition" As an aside, I was advised that I should line the drawers with acid free paper to stop any possible leaching issues from the wood.
Not that I think it's likely but it wouldn't hurt to line the drawers as suggested.