Designer: Poelzig, Hans
Corner cupboard with five glass-fronted display cabinets, canted pairs flanking one flat, above a surface enclosed by a pair of half-height doors decorated with mitred mouldings and parquetry details, the entire center section flanked by a pair of full-height glass-fronted display cabinets, each with six shelves. Part of a suite with M.5-1979, M.6-1979, M.7-1979, M.8-1979, M.9-1979, M.10-1979, M.12-1979, and M.13-1979.
History note: Made for the parents of Professor P. H. Brieger in Breslau
Given by Professor and Mrs. P. H. Brieger and family
Height: 145.5 cm
Height: 157 cm
Length: 223 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1979) by Brieger, Peter H., Prof Brieger, Barbara, Mrs
20th Century, Early
Production date:
circa
AD 1912
Hans Poelzig was appointed Professor of Architecture in the School of Arts and Crafts at Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) in 1900, and was its Director from 1903 to 1916. He was an influential member of The Deutscher Werkbund, an association of architects, designers and industrialists formed in 1907 to promote high standards of design and craftsmanship in the applied arts. His workshop-based teaching methods, an important influence on Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus, linked the principles of the English Arts and Crafts Movement with the nascent Modern Movement that emerged in Germany after the First World War.
Made for the home of Professor P. H. Brieger's parents in Breslau.
Sides Height 157.7 cm
Accession number: M.11-1979
Primary reference Number: 98265
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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