The Lyrical Line 
23 May 2006
The Lyrical Line 
884

Eliel Saarinen

sideboard

USA, 1929
mahogany 48 h × 77 w × 21 d in (122 × 196 × 53 cm)
estimate: $50,000–70,000
result: $48,000
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This pair of important cabinets by Eliel Saarinen was created specifically fo the 1929 exhibition "The Architectural and the Industrial Arts" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibition focused on American design and craftsmanship of the time. The inlaid surfaces exemplify the decorative tendencies of the period while the overall form displays Modernist lines. Twelve drawers below an open display.
provenance: Private collection, New York
exhibited: The Architect and the Industrial Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1929
literature: Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950, Clark, pg. 102

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