Live Auction 2101Important 20th Century Design from the Collection of George and Frayda Lindemann
BRUNO PAUL (1874-1968)
Lot 6

BRUNO PAUL (1874-1968)

A MACASSAR EBONY AND MAPLE MARQUETRY CHEST, 1920S

Closed15 December 2008

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BRUNO PAUL (1874-1968)
A Macassar Ebony and Maple Marquetry Chest, 1920s
executed by Deutsche Werkstätten, Hellerau; top doors opening to reveal two compartments each with adjustable shelf, bottom doors opening to reveal one adjustable shelf, with pull out tray
55½ in. (141 cm.) high, 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.1 cm.) deep
reverse with traces of paper label marked Baumstr.

Carlton Hobbs Gallery, New York.
Lempertz, Cologne, 14 May 1999, lot 873.

Specialist note

cf. A. Ziffer (ed.), Bruno Paul Deutsche Raumkunst und Architektur zwischen Jugendstil und Moderne, Munich, 1992, pp. 221-222 for an illustration of a similar cabinet of this model with a variant inlay on the front door, p. 300.

A similar model of the present cabinet was originally designed by Bruno Paul for the hall of Ernst Leitz's house in Wetzlar in 1915/17. The front of the two cabinets bear a variant inlay.

This lot is accompanied by a report from Dr. Alfred Ziffer, editor of the book Bruno Paul Deutsche Raumkunst und Architektur zwischen Jungendstil und Moderne.