MetalMed Vintage Medical Cabinet glass door

MetalMed Vintage Medical Cabinet with single glass door.

Before we had all this disposable stuff it was very important to keep the lab-coats sterile and dust free, so there were special cabinets for this, many also had shelf options, the rest were were later retrofitted with shelves to store medical supplies.

elaborate badge: “Wytwornia Wyrobow Metalowych, “Metalmed” Spoldzielnia Pracy, Warszawa-Stuzewiec, ul. Domaniewska Nr 2, Szafa-lekarska Warszawa PN/Z-78029, typ X-90 rok prod. 1964“.

translated: Wytwornia Wyrobow Metalowych, “Metal Med” Labor Cooperative, Warszawa-Służewiec, ul. Domaniewska No. 2, Medical cabinet Warsaw PN/Z-78029, type X-90, year of manufacture 1964; (made in Warsaw Poland);

heavy steel painted tan/beige, some patina, dings and scuffs;

3 glass shelves, height adjustable through interesting rod system;

4 clothes hooks;

glass door, no key, handle turns but the lock/mechanism is frozen in place by paint; chip in glass bottom right, see photo;

Surgical/Operating Apparatus/Instrument/Tool/Device storage;

for: doctor, dentist, hospital, lab, pharmacist, apothecary;

ideal as: bookcase, display case, etagere, showcase, exhibit cupboard, storage, closet;

industrial, vintage, retro, 50s, 1950s, fifties,

depth including knobs is 46 cm.