Art Deco Glass Front
China Cabinet
by Jindřich Halabala
Circa 1930’s, Czechoslovakia
Sleek Czech Art Deco
Display/ Storage Cabinet.
Flared top corners and radius bottom corners, resting on a black lacquered
base.
Top band of polished chrome across top edge of cabinet.
Palisander and Walnut veneers, contrasting edge and side
veneer patterns create additional interest.
Large double sliding glass doors.
Glass shelves inside supported by tubular chrome post in center
(only one post shown in photo)
Mirrored panels on entire back of inside cabinet.
Dimensions: 61” wide, 54”
high, 14 ľ ” deep.
Condition: Recently restored
with a proper French Polish finish.
Biography: Jindřich Halabala (1903–1978)
Jindřich Halabala helped to innovate a
mass-market approach to home furnishing
in Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and after the Second World
War.
Halabala believed furniture could and should be well-finished, fully
functional, modular,
mobile and widely affordable. As chief designer of United Arts and Crafts
Manufacture (UP),
he significantly influenced its manufacturing program from the 1930s on,
pioneering the industrial manufacturing processes of furniture in
Czechoslovakia.
He developed two fundamental series of
modular furniture: lines E and H.
He also designed innovative tubular steel furniture, produced in UP's
Hodonín branch.
Furniture with the UP mark or individual pieces of furniture attributable
to Jindřich Halabala
are much sought after today. Halabala's unique tubular chairs with
a two-way cantilever
or a loop armrest are top collectors' pieces but hardly ever reach
the market as they were
originally produced in very limited quantities. Halabala's designs can be
seen in the
permanent collections of Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, Moravská galerie,
Brno and the Olomouc Museum of Art, and have recently been on show in
an exhibition
commemorating Halabala's centenary that has toured major cities of
the Czech Republic.
Item # FADC115: $ 8,900.
