Bruno Paul, pair of chests of drawers

Ref #: CH28

Elegant pair of low and wide chests of drawers in neoclassical taste, each with floating top, four drawers with molded edges, and tall tapered legs with accented capitals corresponding with moldings throughout. In oak, frontally book-matched. Attributed to Bruno Paul (1874-1968).

Literature: “Bruno Paul: Deutsche Raumkunst und Architektur zwischen Jugendstil und Moderne”, page 264, plate 586, by Alfred Ziffer, unknown edition, 1991. (almost identical sideboard illustrated)

Age: 1950’s

Origin: Germany

Measurements: 55″ w, 16 1/2″d, 29″ h