Lot Essay
According to Randell Makinson, this piece was designed by Charles Greene for use in his Pasadena office.
Details
A MAHOGANY AND IRIDESCENT GLASS CABINET
BY CHARLES SUMNER GREENE, CIRCA 1907
The lower cabinet with a cupboard opening to a pigeon-holed interior, below a single drawer flanked by cabinets, each with a single shelf on the interior, the upper section with three open cabinets below a broadly overhanging top, the left side of the sideboard with a shallow rectangular compartment, the sculpted drawer and cabinet pulls and outward edges of the top all inset with square iridescent glass pieces resembling pegs
72½in. (184.2cm.) high, 56½in. (143.5cm.) wide, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep
BY CHARLES SUMNER GREENE, CIRCA 1907
The lower cabinet with a cupboard opening to a pigeon-holed interior, below a single drawer flanked by cabinets, each with a single shelf on the interior, the upper section with three open cabinets below a broadly overhanging top, the left side of the sideboard with a shallow rectangular compartment, the sculpted drawer and cabinet pulls and outward edges of the top all inset with square iridescent glass pieces resembling pegs
72½in. (184.2cm.) high, 56½in. (143.5cm.) wide, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep
Provenance
Descended in the family of Charles Greene
Literature
Randell L. Makinson, Greene & Greene, Furniture and Related Designs, Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, 1982, p. 125, shows this piece in situ in the architect's Carmel studio.