Pair of Bauhaus Art Deco Industrial Side Tables Cabinets, 1930s Modernist Design

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Pair of Bauhaus Art Deco Industrial Side Tables Cabinets, 1930s Modernist Design

About the Item

Extremely rare pair of original 1930s Bauhaus design bedside tables / nightstands, tubular construction on skid base with glass plate, core metal storage box coated with bakelite plates. This is extremely unusual as these were usually made out of wood. This is the only set we have ever seen on the market in the past 20 years. Please read below the condition of the cabinets, we can send you over 30 pictures showing more details. The Art Deco style name was derived from the Exposition Internationale des Arts De´coratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925, where the style was first exhibited. Art Deco design represented modernism turned into fashion. Its products included both individually crafted luxury items and mass-produced wares, but, in either case, the intention was to create a sleek and antitraditional elegance that symbolized wealth and sophistication. The distinguishing features of the style are shapes that ares geometric or stylized from representational forms and crafted out of often expensive materials, which frequently include man-made substances in addition to natural ones (jade, silver, obsidian, chrome, and rock crystal). Though Art Deco objects were rarely mass-produced, the characteristic features of the style reflected admiration for the modernity of the machine and for the inherent design qualities of machine-made objects Decorative ideas came from American Indian, Egyptian, and early classical sources as well as from nature. Characteristic motifs included nude female figures, animals, foliage, and sunrays, all in conventionalized forms. Most of the outstanding Art Deco creators designed individually crafted or limited-edition items. They included the furniture designers Jacques Ruhlmann the architect Eliel Saarinen; metalsmith Jean Puiforcat; glass and jewelry designer Rene´ Lalique; fashion designer Erte´; and the figural sculptor Chiparus. Modernism, particularly the austere form we now associate with the Bauhaus, was developing among the avant garde designers as an intellectual expression of the age of the machine and technology. The pioneers of modernism had rejected market-led consumerism, instead aiming for mass-produced goods that concentrated on social utility and usefulness.

Similar to:
Marcel Breuer (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 25.2 in (64 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 14.18 in (36 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
Industrial (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bakelite,Glass,Steel
Place of Origin:
Germany
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
1930s
Condition:
Minor structural damages. some wear to the nickel plating, one of the feet has a crack and is a bit twisted (cabinet stands a bit uneven), light wear to bakelite (a very small sup. crack, some spots) , wear inside the boxes, the 2 glass plates have a small chips on 3 corners,.
Seller Location:
Bremen, DE
Reference Number:
Seller: AMF - 08161stDibs: LU97995507983