The Étagère cabinet is made of glass and wood with a very crisp finish and the elephants within the cabinet vary from many types of materials from glass, ceramic, and even wood and brass at times. The Étagère cabinet was created in multiple parts with the cabinet being made first and then the addition of the glass. The elephants origin of creation was never spoke in the family because they naturally focused on the visual appearance of them. With the Étagère cabinet it felt important and when touching because they knew how much it meant to Vera and the finish of the wood on the cabinet. Many of the elephants had gems and other types of decorative items on them. Vera’s Étagère cabinet in particular was tall in height and about the size of a person’s
