objectcuriosity:Cabinet-vitrine, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, 1899, Belgium, red narra wood, ash, copper,
objectcuriosity:Cabinet-vitrine, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, 1899, Belgium, red narra wood, ash, copper, enamel. glass, Metropolitan Museum of Art.Belgian artists were at the forefront of the European Art Nouveau movement and the associated art movement of Symbolist painting. Surrurier-Bovy, an architect and furniture designer, was considered to be the Belgian master of Art Nouveau. The echoes of structural Gothic elements in the supports of this cabinet, and the glazing bars of the glass doors, hark back to English designs of the mid-19th century. This piece of furniture was displayed at the opening of Serrurier-Bovy’s showroom, where it dominated the dining room display. -- source link