- Product:
- Marquetry cabinet
- Manufacturer:
- Bonhams
- Architonic ID:
- 4105910
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Category:
- Furnishings
- Address
- Telephone
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Key facts
Product description
Composed of four horizontal rectangular sections, each with three hinged cupboard doors, inlaid with various mythological, animal and female portraits, the left and right edges inlaid with phrases, including STURDY TREES GROW SLOWLY; OPERATE AND COOPERATE; TO SUCCEED ACT WITH TACT; SMILES SHORTEN THE MILES; THE MAN WHO DARES DOES; TO EARN MORE LEARN MORE; WORK NOW OR WINCE LATER; LUCK AND WORK ARE TWINS, the left and right ends of each section with deep open cupboard.
Height 6ft1⁄2in (1.84m); width 4ft 9in (1.45m); depth 11 3⁄4in (30cm)
Note:
The intricately inlaid stylish furniture of Andrew Szoeke is easily recognizeable. Mittel European in theoretical origin, yet Moderne in form, it reflects an interesting combination of European design and American manufacturing. The Hungarian artist and furniture designer was trained in Vienna at the Wiener Werkstatte and the Kunstgewerbeschule, and absorbed the ideas of such luminaries as Josef Hoffmann, Dagobert Peche and Carl Czeska. He arrived in New York in the early 1920’s and produced a small output of fascinating furniture and calligraphy for magazines.
Height 6ft1⁄2in (1.84m); width 4ft 9in (1.45m); depth 11 3⁄4in (30cm)
Note:
The intricately inlaid stylish furniture of Andrew Szoeke is easily recognizeable. Mittel European in theoretical origin, yet Moderne in form, it reflects an interesting combination of European design and American manufacturing. The Hungarian artist and furniture designer was trained in Vienna at the Wiener Werkstatte and the Kunstgewerbeschule, and absorbed the ideas of such luminaries as Josef Hoffmann, Dagobert Peche and Carl Czeska. He arrived in New York in the early 1920’s and produced a small output of fascinating furniture and calligraphy for magazines.