Pipe Cabinet

DesignerAttributed to Arthur W. Simpson (English, 1857 - 1922)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1880-1899

MediumOak, copper, tin, and brass

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (39.37 × 31.75 × 19.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bloch

Object number2025.83.1-3

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DescriptionA rectangular cabinet with a hinged front door and lower drawer; the interior featuring an interior shelf consisting of two racks for pipes flanking a smaller drawer. A tin panel featuring low relief designs of stylized lilies inset into the front of the cabinet door.Provenance

Provenance

With Robert L. Bloch, Mission Hills, Kansas, by about 2022; [1.]

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, December 2022.

NOTES:

[1.] The donor recalls purchasing the cabinet from "a pop-up antique dealer" in Southampton, New York, in 2021 or 2022. Conversation with William Keyse Rudolph.

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