Joseph Maria Olbrich and Hofmöbelfabrik Julius Glückert
Cabinet
1899
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Physical Qualities
Inlaid and ebonized maple, burl wood, mother-of-pearl, glass, bronze, 71 7/16 x 40 13/16 x 16 3/16 in. (181.5 x 103.7 x 41.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Straton Family Fund
Object Number
2003.55
Display and storage cabinet, encompassing case measuring two-thirds of over-all height, which is made up of two tiers of maple-faced drawers, atop two maple doors with inset burl wood panels of stylized floral motifs, all within ebonized columns with singular rings of circular inlay of mother-of-pearl. Top section consists of two small doors framing a larger central door, all with beveled glass panels, capped by checkerboard-patterned inlaid wood cornice, which supports pediment made of two plain, maple veneered steps. Entire cabinet rests atop veneered plinth and four geometric ebonized feet.
Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Andrew van Styn/Fourth Quarter Antiques, Baltimore, MD
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sacred Spring: Vienna Secession Posters from the Collection of LeRoy E. Hoffberger and Paula Gately Tillman," March 25 - July 29, 2018.