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SEWING CABINET, DESIGNED CIRCA 1938
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GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)
SEWING CABINET, DESIGNED CIRCA 1938
designed for Metz & Co., executed by Gerard van de Groenekan, painted wood, with chromed metal handle and brass knob, with acrylic top
21 5/8 in. (54.9 cm.) high, 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) diameter
underside later branded H.G.M. G.A. V. D. GROENEKAN DE BILT NEDERLAND
SEWING CABINET, DESIGNED CIRCA 1938
designed for Metz & Co., executed by Gerard van de Groenekan, painted wood, with chromed metal handle and brass knob, with acrylic top
21 5/8 in. (54.9 cm.) high, 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) diameter
underside later branded H.G.M. G.A. V. D. GROENEKAN DE BILT NEDERLAND
Literature
Similar examples illustrated: P. Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Amsterdam, 1993, p. 106, no. 191 for a sketch of a sewing box with oval construction;
Van Zijl, Gerrit Rietveld, London, 2010, p. 136.
Van Zijl, Gerrit Rietveld, London, 2010, p. 136.
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