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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NICK WRIGHT, LONDON
Lot 12TP

Marcel Breuer
Rare wardrobe, designed 1927

Amended
12 October 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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Marcel Breuer

Rare wardrobe, designed 1927
Painted pine-veneered plywood, chromium-plated metal, linoleum.
163 x 122 x 62 cm
Manufactured by P.E. Gane Ltd., United Kingdom. Interior with manufacturer's metal label impressed P.E. GANE LTD./House Furnishers,/College Green,/Bristol and underside of base with manufacturer's paper label printed Fabrique en Lettonie/Marque Deposee/VENESTA/Reg Trade Mark/Made in Latvia/MORNOT.

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Literature
Magdalena Droste, Manfred Ludewig and Bauhaus-Archiv, Marcel Breuer Design, Berlin, 1994, pp. 96-97 for a similar example
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Decorative Art 30s-40s, Cologne, 2000, p. 155 for a similar example

Saleroom notices

The present lot was commissioned by Crofton Gane for his private residence, Downs Park West, Bristol, 1935. Provenance: Crofton Gane, Gane House, Downs Park West, Bristol, 1935 Acquired from above by Ken Stradling, Bristol, 1976. Exhibition: 'The Promise', Arnolfini, Bristol, October 2014.

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