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A Vanishing Cabinet is a magical item. Vanishing Cabinets come in pairs.

See also: Cabinet

Introduction[]

A pair of Vanishing Cabinets can be used as a passage between one place and another for an object or person. If one of the pair is broken, whatever is being transferred is trapped in a kind of limbo.

From the Story[]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[]

Discovered in chapter 27, The Lightning-Struck Tower[]

Draco Malfoy repaired the broken Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement, whose pair is located in Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley, to allow Death Eaters passage into Hogwarts.