Important Design (Day 1) 
9 December 2008
Important Design (Day 1) 
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Eliel Saarinen

sideboard

USA, 1929
mahogany 48 h × 77 w × 21 d in (122 × 196 × 53 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $14,700
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Designed specifically for The Architectural and the Industrial Arts exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1929), this sideboard with inlaid surfaces, exemplifies the decorative tendencies of the period while the overall form looks forward to modernist sensibilities. This cabinet features twelve drawers below an open display. This work is unique.
exhibited: The Architect and the Industrial Arts, 1929, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
literature: Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950, Clark, pg. 102

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