French Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine, ca.1900.

French Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine, ca.1900.
Walnut wood.
With leaded glass.
It has a key.
Exhibits wear consistent with age and use; one crack in glass.
Needs refinishing.
Measurements: 227 x 160 x 42 cm.

Modernist style cabinet of French manufacture. It has characteristic elements of Art Nouveau craftsmanship applied to furniture, such as stained glass panels, with leaded stained glass representing water lilies with sensual corollas. They are housed in tondos, at the top of the glazed doors (made of textured glass). The water lily motif also decorates, with variations, the brass panels of the lower panels and the plates on the sides and entablature. The cabinet is topped with a projecting cornice with a beveled section. The wood has incised fillets forming vertical grooves. The whole is elegant and discreet at the same time, a prototypical Art Nouveau combination.