Liqueur Cabinet Faunes et Chérubins
Designer: René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945)
Manufacturer: Lalique & Cie. (French)
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
H: (cabinet including plinth) 177.8 cm (70 in.), W (closed): 91.4 cm (36 in.); Depth: 38.1 cm (15 in.)
Medium: Pearwood cabinet and rosewood base on basswood (Tilia) carcass; silvered metal (brass?) fittings; press-molded colorless glass insets
Classification: Furniture
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 1978.46
Label Text:Famed glass and jewelry designer René Lalique (French, 1860–1945) featured this Art Deco liqueur cabinet embellished with glass plaques as the focal point of his firm’s display at the annual Salon d’Automne (Autumn Salon) exhibition in Paris in 1928. Lalique exhibited the cabinet with opened doors, revealing the dazzling interior with its mirrors, glass shelves, and press-molded glass panels. In keeping with the purpose of the cabinet (to hold liquor and barware), Lalique chose a theme of grapevines and frolicking fauns, related to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
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