Lot Essay
A cabinet of a similar model was originally designed by Bruno Paul for the hall of Ernst Leitz's house in Wetzlar in 1915/17. The front of the two cabinets bear a variant inlay.
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A FOUR DOOR CABINET, 1920s
Details
BRUNO PAUL (1874-1968)
A FOUR DOOR CABINET, 1920s
executed by Deutsche Werkstätten, Hellerau, macassar ebony, maple marquetry
55 ¼ in. (140.5 cm.) high, 43 3/8 in. (110 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.2 cm.) deep
A FOUR DOOR CABINET, 1920s
executed by Deutsche Werkstätten, Hellerau, macassar ebony, maple marquetry
55 ¼ in. (140.5 cm.) high, 43 3/8 in. (110 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.2 cm.) deep
Literature
A. Ziffer (ed.), Bruno Paul Deutsche Raumkunst und Architektur zwischen Jugendstil und Moderne, Munich, 1992, p. 222 for an illustration of a similar cabinet with a variant inlay on the front door.
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