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Large French modernist two doors cabinet solid mahogany 1940s
€28,000
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Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FranceOn Whoppah since October 2024 • 2 sales
Product description
Very large modernist storage cabinet in solid mahogany, crafted in the 1940s by an anonymous cabinetmaker. Through its imposing scale and radical lines, the piece conveys a distinctly architectural presence, poised at the threshold between functional furniture and domestic structure. Its rigorously symmetrical composition features a wide central open section articulated by two shelves, flanked on either side by enclosed lateral compartments with doors treated in superimposed horizontal registers, reinforcing the impression of mass and stability. Highly functional, the two doors open onto adjustable shelves operated by an ingenious internal rack system, typically from the Art Deco era. The overall aesthetic oscillates between assertive brutalism and deliberate modernism. Brutalist in its deliberately monumental scale and its frontal relationship to material, where the wood remains expressive, dense. Modernist in the rigor of its design, the complete absence of ornament, and the precise balance between horizontal and vertical lines. The restrained yet masterful craftsmanship highlights the natural grain and tonal variations of the mahogany, enhancing the sense of raw material disciplined by design. This formal language recalls certain postwar French explorations: one might think of Pierre Gautier-Delaye or René-Jean Caillette for their contained monumentality, but above all of André Sornay in the construction of powerful, rational volumes, or Michel Duffet for his approach in which furniture becomes a true element of interior architecture. This piece has been fully restored, varnished, and is in an amazing condition.
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ConditionGoodColorsBrownMaterialWoodNumber of items1Height141 cmWidth300 cmDepth43 cm
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Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FranceOn Whoppah since October 2024 • 2 sales