This cabinet (one of a pair) was designed by AH Mackmurdo for the Century Guild, with painted decoration by Selwyn Image. The cabinets were formally joined by a central structure, now missing. They were probably exhibited in the Century Guilds Music Room at exhibitions in London (1884), Liverpool (1886) and Manchester (1887). The inscriptions are from a poem by Richard Lovelace “To a Lady that desired me I would beare my part with her in Song”. The inscription on this cabinet is “My minde can in faire order chime whilst my true heart still beats the time” and preceeds G11a.
