Cupboard
ca. 1902-1903 (made)
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This cabinet was designed for a child's room. It has precedents in 19th-century dining room sideboards, but Moser adapted both design and shape to make the cupboard more suited to its function as a piece to be used by children. It reflects fashionable Secessionist rectiliniarity yet it has no sharp edges that could cause injuries. The cupboard is also lower than typical dining or bedroom cupboards of the time. The white and blue colour scheme, while following a general trend towards lighter interiors, would also have brightened up a nursery.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Deal, painted white and blue, the paint retouched, with white marble top and nickel-plated brass handles and lock plates |
| Brief description | Cabinet, ca. 1902-1903, Austrian, designed by Koloman Moser. Soft wood painted blue and white |
| Physical description | Soft wood cupboard painted blue and white with brass fittings |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'für Professor Jäger' (under marble slab; inscribing; pencil) |
| Object history | This cupboard was designed by Koloman Moser for the children's bedroom in 140 Landstrasse, Vienna 3, the house of Professor Gustav Jäger and his wife, Hertha, who was Koloman Moser's sister-in-law. |
| Historical context | Hertha Jäger's family had close ties to the artistic movement of the period and in 1905 Moser married her sister, Editha. |
| Summary | This cabinet was designed for a child's room. It has precedents in 19th-century dining room sideboards, but Moser adapted both design and shape to make the cupboard more suited to its function as a piece to be used by children. It reflects fashionable Secessionist rectiliniarity yet it has no sharp edges that could cause injuries. The cupboard is also lower than typical dining or bedroom cupboards of the time. The white and blue colour scheme, while following a general trend towards lighter interiors, would also have brightened up a nursery. |
| Associated object | W.22-1982 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | Jervis, Simon: Furniture Of About 1900 From Austria & Hungary In The Victoria & Albert Museum, London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1986, no.16, p. 44, 45 |
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| Accession number | W.21:1 to 3-1982 |
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| Record created | October 2, 2003 |
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