Lot 78: PATRIZ HUBER AND ANTON HUBER | Pair of Cabinets, circa 1902

executed by Richard Kümmel, Berlin
lemonwood, glass, silvered bronze

each: 220 x 50 x 44 cm. (86 5/8 x 19 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.)

Overall very good condition consistent with age and gentle use. Very faint hairlines to the panels directly below the side windows of each cabinet. A minor split between one set of shelf mounting holes to the interior of one cabinet. Minor oxidation to the escutcheon plates. The glass shelves in excellent condition and one key is provided.
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Weimar, Neues Museum, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, 24 March - 23 June, 2013

Leo Natch, Turin 1902, exh. cat., Berlin, 1902, pl. 15 for a period illustration of one cabinet
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Darmstadt, vol. XI, October 1902 - March 1903, p. 67 for a period illustration
Ditta Ahmadi, Orangerie '84: Deutscher Kunsthandel im Schloß Charlottenburg, exh. cat., 13 - 23 September 1984, Berlin, 1984, p. 183, cat. no. 12.2, illustrated
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, p. 440, illustrated
Thomas Föhl, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, exh. cat., 24 March - 23 June 2013, Weimar, 2013, p. 66, cat. no. 62, illustrated, p. 436
Eric Jansen, Nouveaux Cabinets d'Amateurs, Paris, 2015, p. 232, illustrated

Bredow Antiquitäten, Berlin
Private collection, Germany
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005