Peter Marino Bronze and Alabaster Side Cabinets
$98,000.00
Our pair of side cabinets by Peter Marino feature black lacquered surfaces, patinated bronze mounts and unusual roughly carved alabaster stone door fronts and polished alabaster top.
Each 39 3/8 by 73 by 21 in; 100 by 185.4 by 53.3 cm.
Their rectangular form, mounts and toupe feet are Louis XVI in style, and use of black lacquered surfaces and mounts appear influenced by the designs of Martin Carlin (1730-1785). Carlin was known for his use of porcelain mounts and black lacquer. In this case, Marino has ingeniously employed use of cut stone mounts to the door fronts instead of porcelain or other techniques such as marquetry or parquetry, commonplace in Louis XVI period furniture.
Each in good condition. One cabinet has a few visible scratches on the black lacquered surface above the doors. There are also light scratches to each marble top and small scuffs and nicks. Additional images forwarded upon request.
Similar designs by Marino featuring unique carved stone doors fronts appeared in the exhibition, One Way: Peter Marino, curated by Jérôme Sans, held at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, Florida, December 3, 2014 through May 17, 2015. His incorporation of stone panels were said to have been inspired by the residential doors he had built over the past two decades, (including one for the Amons, each weighing several hundred pounds) and the time-honored foundry techniques and industrial-strength pivot hinges used on bank-vault doors.
