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Robber Baron
cabinet

designers:
Job Smeets
Nynke Tynagel

design year:
2006

manufacturer:
Studio Job, The Netherlands

materials:
polished, patinated and gilded cast bronze

notes:
a limited edition work created by Studio Job, 2006/07

This polished bronze cabinet, inspired by a 17th century armoire by Andre-Charles Boulle, in the Wallace Collection, London, is produced in a limited edition of five pieces.

Magnificent in scale, exceptionally finely detailed, with precision mechanical movements where required, and incorporating deeply carved iconographic reliefs, these works are guild-like in their master craftsmanship, each taking approximately one year to complete.

Their mirror finish reflecting the outrageous excesses of America's 19th century tycoons and Russia's new oligarchs, these surreal, highly-expressive furnishings, each a complex composition of multiple visual elements, represent an interior belonging to a powerful industrial leader, or their heirs. With clouds of pollution belching from towering smoke stacks, missiles and falcons and gas masks, warplanes and wrenches adorning golden surfaces, Robber Baron celebrates and shames both Art and Industry.

dimensions:
45.75" x 22.75", height 70.5"

price upon request.