No curiosities needed to make this cabinet curious. Drawing on Central European design traditions, the vitrine is layered with folkloric symbolism. A stern, leafy mascaron crowns the piece — clearly recalling the Green Man — flanked by stylised birds that lend it a mythic presence.
Wrought in iron, it stands on rope-twisted legs ending in curled, ball-tipped feet, with climbing vines meeting at a starburst brace beneath a dark, ornamented surface. The lacquered duck egg interior, softly lit through glazed side panels, contrasts with the cabinet’s shadowed exterior.
Though sourced in Sweden, it closely echoes 19th-century Germanic and Austrian Jugendstil ironwork — where nature and craft entwine. A rare, theatrical object with quiet authority.
Height: 158 cm
Width: 91 cm
Depth: 59 cm
Collection from Brixton, London or arranged delivery.
No curiosities needed to make this cabinet curious. Drawing on Central European design traditions, the vitrine is layered with folkloric symbolism. A stern, leafy mascaron crowns the piece — clearly recalling the Green Man — flanked by stylised birds that lend it a mythic presence.
Wrought in iron, it stands on rope-twisted legs ending in curled, ball-tipped feet, with climbing vines meeting at a starburst brace beneath a dark, ornamented surface. The lacquered duck egg interior, softly lit through glazed side panels, contrasts with the cabinet’s shadowed exterior.
Though sourced in Sweden, it closely echoes 19th-century Germanic and Austrian Jugendstil ironwork — where nature and craft entwine. A rare, theatrical object with quiet authority.
Height: 158 cm
Width: 91 cm
Depth: 59 cm
Collection from Brixton, London or arranged delivery.
