As MCM sideboards go, this is surely one of the most handsome. Made by the renowned Morris of Glasgow furniture makers, it dates from the 1960s and is beautifully crafted in walnut. The darkly striped grain across its exterior surfaces is exquisite, reminiscent of animal print. With an immaculately balanced design, so important with large pieces of wooden furniture like this, every detail has been carefully considered and executed from the long inset legs, to the angled ‘beehive’ drawers to the placement of different wood tones and patterns. Although a large piece at just shy of two metres in width, it’s elegant, clean-lined and supremely sophisticated. An outstanding example of the midcentury ‘form and function’ aesthetic with lots of practical purpose.
