Sideboard
1935-1936 (made)
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The sideboard consists of a light structure of mahogany. This is faced on three sides - top, left and right - with green marble. There is also a marble lintel running underneath the tambour front completing the frame of marble around the two drawers and cupboard. The marble facing on the pr side is in two pieces - the smaller piece of different thickness (nb to check again). The tambour front opens from left to right and can be locked by means of a small yale lock. The two drawers have identical locks. The sideboard is supported by two sections of steel beam (RSJ) which are painted a blue/grey colour. The front of these beams has been chromed.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Mahogany, marble, steel |
| Brief description | Sideboard of mahogany, faced on three sides with green marble, designed by Ernö Goldfinger (1902-1987), about 1935-6 |
| Physical description | The sideboard consists of a light structure of mahogany. This is faced on three sides - top, left and right - with green marble. There is also a marble lintel running underneath the tambour front completing the frame of marble around the two drawers and cupboard. The marble facing on the pr side is in two pieces - the smaller piece of different thickness (nb to check again). The tambour front opens from left to right and can be locked by means of a small yale lock. The two drawers have identical locks. The sideboard is supported by two sections of steel beam (RSJ) which are painted a blue/grey colour. The front of these beams has been chromed. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Gallery label | Twentieth Century Study Gallery, Rooms 103-6, February 2002:
SIDEBOARD
Designed by Ernö Goldfinger (British, born Hungary, 1902-1987)
Mahogany, marble, sections of steel beam
1935-6
This is one of three sideboards from the home of Mr and Mrs Benroy. Goldfinger designed several rooms for their flat in Hendon, North London. The tambour front and steel beam supports are typical features of Goldfinger's work, which often combines traditional techniques with modern industrial materials.
W.4-1988 |
| Object history | This sideboard was designed by Ernö Goldfinger for the north London home of Mr and Mrs Benroy, 1 Graham Road, Hendon. It was one of three sideboards made for the dining room (the second was identical and the third similar but twice the size ie 4 drawers wide instead of 2). Mrs Evelyn Benroy later lived in a flat in St John's Wood where she continued to use this sideboard and other furniture from Graham Road until her death in 1988. Black and white photographs of the Graham Road interiors show the position of the larger sideboard, but there is no record of the location of the two smaller ones. It is curious that on the pr side of the V&A example the marble facing is in two sections, and on its pair, now in the Wolfsonian Institute, Miami, the marble is in two sections on the pl side. This could suggest that the two pieces were originally fitted around some architectural element in the room. Mr Benroy was Ernö Goldfinger's stockbroker and one of a number of friends/clients for whom Goldfinger designed interiors in the 1930s. Object sampling carried out by Jo Darrah, V&A Science; drawer/slide reference 7/80. |
| Production | designed and made about 1935-6 - dates need verifying Need to check maker - Gordon Russell Ltd? nb no label found Attribution note: One of a pair Reason For Production: Commission |
| Bibliographic reference | Juliet Kinchin, 'Modernity and Tradition in Hungarian Furniture, 1900-1938: Three Generations', in 'Design, Culture and Identity'. Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts', issue 24, 2002 (published by the Wolfsonian Foundation, Florida, p. 86, not illustrated. |
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| Accession number | W.4:1-1988 |
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| Record created | August 20, 2002 |
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