Marcel Breuer, Cupboard, c. 1926

Marcel Breuer, Cupboard, c. 1926, H. 90.5 x 120 x 36.5 cm. Made by Thonet, Frankenberg or Desta, Berlin. A black lacquered wooden and nickel plated metal cupboard. The two sliding doors with metal grips opening to reveal a plain interior with five drawers., Cf. Die Deutsche Wohnung der Gegenwart, Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Konigstein i. Taunus/Leipzig, 1930, p. 108 (there pictured as sideboard with shelf); cf. Der Neue Wohnbedarf, Verlag Julius Hoffmann, Stuttgart, 1935, p. 45 (there with additional chrome-plated fixtures and a depth of 50 cm); cf. Marcel Breuer Furniture and Interiors, Christopher Wilk, MoMA New York, p. 60.