Glass cabinet | Wright
Estimated value: 18.000-22.000 US$
Auction:
Modernists
Sales date: 2003-09-14
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 388
Design
Gerrit Thomas RietveldYear 1936
Manufacturer Metz & Co.
Architonic id
4102336
Lacquered wood, glass, enameled metal
78.5"w x 22"d x 36.75"h
Originally designed as display for Metz & Co., the progressive Amsterdam store. This cabinet design was put into production briefly for use in the home. An extraordinary design by Rietveld featuring wired glass shelves, shaped to accommodate bottles, flanked by five drawers each having a solid glass pull.
Literature: The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Voge, pg. 105, illustrated.
78.5"w x 22"d x 36.75"h
Originally designed as display for Metz & Co., the progressive Amsterdam store. This cabinet design was put into production briefly for use in the home. An extraordinary design by Rietveld featuring wired glass shelves, shaped to accommodate bottles, flanked by five drawers each having a solid glass pull.
Literature: The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Voge, pg. 105, illustrated.
