[Arran]

If you look at many of the old ads reprinted in Allan Douglas' books, you will see that many companies offered their sets in console cabinets of various styles, some were quite elaborate, even cheaper sets like Freshman Masterpieces were offered that way. I believe that the Fada model 76 chassis I have may have come out of a console cabinet originally, there wouldn't be much reason to remove it from a table cabinet since the bare chassis is not that much smaller. Many 1920s battery era consoles are fairly rare now in that they were more costly then the table sets, and that they took up too much real estate once the AC sets took over, and they became obsolete.
Regards
Arran