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Description:  http://hygra.com/uk/n11/632JB 

Ref: 532JB: A dramatic William IV rosewood compendium table cabinet of lofty architectural form having turned rosewood feet and handles. It is inlaid with mother of pearl and opens both to the top and the and the front and has two drawers one with a liftout tray fitted for jewelry; the upper part is also fitted for jewelry, circa 1835

Origin: UK ;  Circa: 1835 ; Materials: .

Size: 33.3 cm wide by 25.5 cm by 34.5 cm: 13.1  inches wide by 10   inches by  13.6  inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images

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Detail of the top: the architectural shape is emphasized by the turned gadrooning and the cavetto molding.

 

 

The doors open to reveal 3 drawers. The top is blind and is the front of the  top compartment which has been relined with velvet. The middle two are for nickknacks and jewelry.

Inside the doors the fielded panels are covered in gold tooled Moroccan leather.

 The top lifts to a compartment now relined with velvet and suitable for storing jewelry. 

The lid has a document wallet. The gold tooled framing is original. There is another compartment behind.

One of the drawers has a lift out tray which is fitted for jewelry. The leather and silk are all original.

The bottom drawer is a complete writing box with  embossed  velvet writing tablet.  It is in immaculate condition having a pentray. 

The writing surface is covered in velvet which is Tyrian Purple.

See:
hygra.com/uk/wb2/wb136/index.htm#02

It was one of the most fashionable colors in the Victorian period. A synthetic dye was not developed until the begining of the 20th cent.

 

Under the writing surface there is the usual compartment for papers.

 The writing box is of dovetail construction.

There is another compartment in the lid. It has been relined with velvet

The inlay is stylized and symmetrical according to the neoclassical tradition and the grace of naturalism

The structure of the doors is particularly complex . Central fielded inlaid panels are framed by turned gadrooning.

 

  Detail of the turned and carved feet. These are similar to another  slightly later Table cabinet:  Hygra: Antique Monumental fully fitted Coromandel  Table Cabinet Circa 1850.

 

There are similarities such as the feet and fielded door panels which make me believe that both are from the same workshop.

Detail of the top: the architectural shape is emphasized by the turned gadrooning and the cavetto molding.

The mother of pearl inlay contrasts with the rich dark of the rosewood. Although the motif has total control of technique it has the fluidity of the natural flowers it depicts. It is a time consuming job inlaying such elements to this fineness.
The inlay is stylized and symmetrical according to the neoclassical tradition and the grace of naturalism

Here it is pictured with an earlier cabinet with rosewood. There are similarities such as the feet and fielded door panels which make me believe that both are from the same workshop.

There are further details of the rosewood cabinet at:

 Hygra: Antique Monumental fully fitted Coromandel  Table Cabinet Circa 1850.