AN AMSTERDAM SCHOOL MAHOGANY AND JAPANNED SMALL CABINET
AN AMSTERDAM SCHOOL MAHOGANY AND JAPANNED SMALL CABINET

DESIGNED BY PIET KRAMER, CIRCA 1917-1920

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AN AMSTERDAM SCHOOL MAHOGANY AND JAPANNED SMALL CABINET
DESIGNED BY PIET KRAMER, CIRCA 1917-1920
CUBICAL, CURVED AT THE SIDES, THE RECTANGULAR TOP WITH SCROLLING SIDES WITH WAVY EBONISED EDGES, SET WITH GLASS SHELF, ABOVE AN OPEN COMPARTMENT ALSO SET WITH GLASS SHELF, ABOVE TWO RECTANGULAR CUPBOARD DOORS SET WITH TRIANGULAR EBONISED GRIPS, ON BLADE EBONISED FEET
79CM. HIGH X 81CM. WIDE X 49CM. DEEP

Lot Essay

THE FORM KRAMER APPLIED IN THIS BUFFET SHOWS ZOOMORPHIC ELEMENTS, WHICH HE ALSO USED IN HIS ARCHITECTURE. THIS INFLUENCE IS NOW KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE AMSTERDAM SCHOOL. THE LONG-EARED OWL CAN BE RECOGNIZED IN THIS BUFFET WHICH MAKES IT COMPARABLE TO A LARGER BUFFET, SOLD IN THESE ROOMS ON 20 OCTOBER 1998, LOTNR. 168.

FOR COMPARISON SEE:
PAUL BROMBERG, HET HOLLANDSCHE INTERIEUR, AMSTERDAM 1931, P. 95

JUST HAVELAAR, HET MODERNE MEUBEL, DE TOEGEPASTE KUNSTEN IN NEDERLAND, ROTTERDAM, 1924, P.34, AFB. 19

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