Box
ca. 1902 (made)
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Boxes like this one were made for jewellery, trinkets or other personal effects. This particular box was designed by Hartwig Fischel for his wife, Minnie Fischel, around the time of their marriage in 1902. Its geometric design, with a stylised monogram 'MF', would have been very avant-garde. It was meant to harmonise with the other fashionable furnishings and fittings that Fischel designed for their first Viennese apartment.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Mahogany, covered in leather, inlaid and stained in grey and white |
| Brief description | Vellum covered, Viennese 1900-05, from the collection of Hartwig Fischel |
| Physical description | Rectangular box, the mahogany carcase covered in leather, inlaid and stained with Art Nouveau motifs, the top hinged, the keyhole escutcheon round. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'M F' (Monogram; top)
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| Object history | The box belonged to Minnie Fischel, wife of Hartwig Fischel. |
| Summary | Boxes like this one were made for jewellery, trinkets or other personal effects. This particular box was designed by Hartwig Fischel for his wife, Minnie Fischel, around the time of their marriage in 1902. Its geometric design, with a stylised monogram 'MF', would have been very avant-garde. It was meant to harmonise with the other fashionable furnishings and fittings that Fischel designed for their first Viennese apartment. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jervis, Simon: Furniture Of About 1900 From Austria & Hungary In The Victoria & Albert Museum, London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1986, p. 24, 25
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| Accession number | W.7-1983 |
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| Record created | September 29, 2003 |
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