'FLORA', A MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD
BY FA. SPEELMAN WZN, ROTTERDAM, CIRCA 1920
THE CENTRAL CABINET WITH THREE DRAWERS AND THREE RECTANGULAR CONCAVE CUPBOARD DOORS BELOW, WITH HIGH ROUNDED RECTANGULAR BACKPANEL APPLIED AT THE CENTRE WITH TRIANGULAR EBONIZED MOTIF ELEBORATELY CARVED WITH WAVY AND SCROLL DECORATION, FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE BY A HIGH PEDESTAL, EACH WITH A PROTRUDING GLAZED PANELLED CUPBOARD DOOR ABOVE A VERTICALLY RIBBED BASE, ON EBONIZED CONE-FEET, WITH CARVED WAVY AND EBONIZED WAVY EDGES AND WITH APPLIED CONE AND SEMI CONE SHAPE MOTIFS
131.5CM. HIGH X 178.5CM. LONG X 41CM. DEEP
WITH ORIGINAL METAL TAG FA. SPEELMAN WZN STOFFEERDER MEUBELFABRIKANT ROTTERDAM
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FOR COMPARISON SEE: TER KENNISMAKING, CATALOGUE FA. S. SPEELMAN WZN, ROTTERDAM, Z.J.
'AMSTERDAMSE SCHOOL', ONS AMSTERDAM, OKTOBER 1973, VOL. 25, NO. 10, P. 318 FOR AN ILLUSTRATION OF AN INTERIOR BY THE DRILLING FIRM (1924) IN WHICH THE SIDEBOARD IS ILLUSTRATED IN SITU