a satinwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid mahogany and coromandel bookcase

DESIGNED BY H.J.M. WALENKAMP AND EXECUTED BY 'T MODELHUIS N. LEGRAND, AMSTERDAM IN CIRCA 1910

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a satinwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid mahogany and coromandel bookcase
Designed by H.J.M. Walenkamp and executed by 't Modelhuis N. Legrand, Amsterdam in circa 1910
The rectangular stepped top above two chequer glazed doors, flanked on either side by a rectangular panelled door above a band carved and inlaid with stylized floral motifs within intertwining loop-decoration, the doors each applied at the centre with a rectangular panel carved and inlaid with an urn with a bunch of flowers, the corners inlaid with flowerheads within a square, on plinth base, with flaring rectangular brass lockplates and pulls, with three keys
145cm. high x 202.5cm. long x 40cm. deep
The back with metal label 't Modelhuis N. Le Grand Amsterdam, one key stamped 't Modelhuis Amsterdam

Lot Essay

'Algemeene Internationale Tentoonstelling, Brussel, 1910, Dutch Section, VANK, Rotterdam, 1910, p. 9 for an advertisement of 't Modelhuis in which a display cabinet of similar design is illustrated, pp. 29 & 30, for an illustration of the dining-room designed by Walenkamp for the exhibition and executed by 't Modelhuis

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