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A WOOD AND GLASS VITRINE
BY EDWARD COLONNA, 1900
Of overall rectangular form, raised on four curved legs, the glass walls of the case with sinuously carved glazing bars, the frame carved with whiplash motifs, with side doors opening to reveal two glass shelves, surmounted by gently curved and shaped cornice--69in. (175.4cm.) high, 42 1/4in. (107.2cm.) wide, 21in. (53.3cm.) deep
Cooper-Hewitt Museum L'Art de Vivre, Vendome Press, New York, p. 92, pl. 140 for an illustration of this piece in a sitting room by Colonna for L'Art Nouveau Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
BY EDWARD COLONNA, 1900
Of overall rectangular form, raised on four curved legs, the glass walls of the case with sinuously carved glazing bars, the frame carved with whiplash motifs, with side doors opening to reveal two glass shelves, surmounted by gently curved and shaped cornice--69in. (175.4cm.) high, 42 1/4in. (107.2cm.) wide, 21in. (53.3cm.) deep
Cooper-Hewitt Museum L'Art de Vivre, Vendome Press, New York, p. 92, pl. 140 for an illustration of this piece in a sitting room by Colonna for L'Art Nouveau Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris