Kálmán Lengyel, Unique cabinet with adjustable desk

circa 1930
Birch-veneered wood, painted wood, nickel-plated brass, glass.
155 x 232.8 x 149 cm (61 x 91 5/8 x 58 5/8 in.)
Manufactured by W. Laborenz, Berlin and distributed by Standard Möbel, Berlin, Germany.

Provenance

Private Collection, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Phillips, London, 'Design', 24 September 2014, lot 228
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Ka-Le Möbel, sales catalogue, Berlin, 1929, pl. 4 for a similar example
'Das Problem Der Kleinen Räume, Arbeiten von Kálmán Lengyel. Berlin', Moderne Bauformen, April 1933, pp. 198-99, 201 for similar examples
Bauhaus Furniture, A Legend Reviewed, exh. cat., Bauhaus Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 2002, p. 278 for a similar example