Sub-Saharan African Cabinets

The Winston server stands as a testament to the extraordinary influence of Franca Helg, the revered Italian designer and architect whose collaboration with Franco Albini from 1945 to...

The Winston server stands as a testament to the extraordinary influence of Franca Helg, the revered Italian designer and architect whose collaboration with Franco Albini from 1945 to...

Rare and unique brutalist bar cabinet decorated with hand carved bear. Koncz Vilmos (1932 – 2006). He started painting at the age of 30, using the following techniques: charcoal, pastel, oil. He has had solo exhibitions eight times in Budapest, and his works have been featured in seventeen group exhibitions worldwide. He was an experimental creator. Its more than 420 works include glass mosaics, terracotta, copper embossing and furniture carving. After his death, most of his oeuvre was “lost”. A decade and a half passed from painting to the first carvings. Middle Eastern and African culture had a major impact on his further artistic work. Traveled and created in Baghdad, Kuwait, Beirut and Tanzania. He became acquainted with the ancient folk art of the Makonde tribe, with carvings of ebony and ivory, which changed his creative career. When he made an authentic bracelet out of ivory, decorated with African motifs, the members of the tribe welcomed him among themselves. He became the tribe’s "Mister Vili." An exhibition of his painted paintings was held at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. He learned the machining of copper from the Arabs and the making of glass mosaics, and the tricks of jewelry making from the Hindus. He had forty large sculptures erected in various settlements of Hungary, mostly multi-field, made with a circular carving technique. Everything from ornaments on the table to the three-meter-high monument was found in his oeuvre. The Tiszakürt Arboretum also houses two wooden sculptures made of circular carvings: Tasso and the Tanzanian family tree. Donated works of his hometown: the 1956 headboard, the “Jászok” and “Kunok” (Old Hungarian Tribes), the “Flute”, the “Kolompolás” (Ringing the Bell) and the “Winged Altar”. In the 1980s, he also made carvings for the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. His Ars Poetic was: “I do what I love, which drives from within, because I want to leave marks behind that I once existed and perhaps not uselessly” (2002). The term "Brutalist" originated from Le Corbusier’s Cité...

Exemplifying Lemon's unwavering commitment to elegance and artistry, the Ashby console encapsulates the brand's ethos with perfection. Its magnificent de...

Exemplifying Lemon's unwavering commitment to elegance and artistry, the Ashby console encapsulates the brand's ethos with perfection. Its magnificent de...

The Rosette Drinks cabinet belongs to the Rosette collection designed by Egg Designs and manufactured in South Africa. This high end, contemporary and bespoke cocktail cabinet is covered with a riot of copper steel flowers, these flowers surround the entire piece which makes its positioning in a room elegantly three dimensional. The exterior is clad in polished stainless steel plates...

Designed by Francesco Maria Messina Odyssey collection aims to surprise and to astound through the contrast between the Natural elements and man-made materials that merge into one...

Exemplifying Lemon's unwavering commitment to elegance and artistry, the Ashby console encapsulates the brand's ethos with perfection. Its magnificent de...

The Ashby console’s magnificent design encapsulates Lemon's ethos perfectly - beautifully crafted, simple but memorable, functional as well as beautiful....

Exemplifying Lemon's unwavering commitment to elegance and artistry, the Ashby console encapsulates the brand's ethos with perfection. Its magnificent de...

Exemplifying Lemon's unwavering commitment to elegance and artistry, the Ashby console encapsulates the brand's ethos with perfection. Its magnificent de...

For FULL item description be sure to click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this listing. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Mid-20th ...

Cabinet Big Crocco by Egg Designs Dimensions: 55 L X 42 D X 180 H cm Materials: Ardmore Ceramic, Glass, Marble, Genuine Crocodile Tail Founded by South Africans and life partner...

This modern cabinet can be used as a drinks cabinet, armoire or TV cabinet. It is constructed in solid Oak hand laid in an intricate herringbone pattern. The center of the herringbon...