What should I do with these ?

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Poacher

Gravitationally challenged member
Location
Nottingham
They look like oak to me.
The 'silvering' looks typical.
The design seems to be Arts & Crafts, early 20th century.
Just possibly sapele as suggested by @slowmotion, but most likely oak, considering @pubrunner says they're quite heavy. Medullary rays (look them up - I can't be arsed right now!) are strongly suggestive of oak. Either way, really smart doors, and deserve to be fitted to a hand-crafted wardrobe.
 

AndyRM

XOXO
Location
North Shields
A drinks cabinet seems like a good idea to me. I'm not sure where you're based but I'm sure you'd be able to find a local maker who could make you something really smart.
 

Brains

Legendary Member
Location
Greenwich
Looks like a pair of doors from a "gentleman's wardrobe", hence the height, agree it's A&C style, so about 100+ years old.
There will be a cabinet maker out there somewhere who would love them, you just need to find him!
Even then they are probably only worth £20 (unless they are genuine Morris of course)
 

slowmotion

Quite dreadful
Location
lost somewhere
Just possibly sapele as suggested by @slowmotion, but most likely oak, considering @pubrunner says they're quite heavy. Medullary rays (look them up - I can't be arsed right now!) are strongly suggestive of oak. Either way, really smart doors, and deserve to be fitted to a hand-crafted wardrobe.
I think you are right. Oak has really quite pronounced rays. I was slightly fooled by the darkness of the wood but that's probably just due to exposure to light for nearly a century. Also, sapele used to be used for quite basic joinery back then. I'll show the piccies to a furniture restorer who works down the corridor from me and see what he thinks.
 

slowmotion

Quite dreadful
Location
lost somewhere
Hello @pubrunner. I just showed my furniture restorer pal your pictures. He says that they're a nice set of doors made sometime between about 1880 and 1900ish. They are not valuable but he liked them. The wood is oak and the dark bit with the inlay might be ebony or stained hornbeam. He thought the silverish inlay might be pewter or nickel.
 
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