- Title : Cabinet: the Birth of Venus
- Artist: Gustavo Pulitzer Designer
- Accession: XX1990.44 a,b
- Country: Italy
- Date: 1927
- Dimensions: Inches 71-1/8 61-1/4 18-7/8 Dimensions, overall Inches 47-1/8 32-1/8 11-3/4 Dimensions, cabinet (a) Inches 23 61-1/4 18-7/8 Dimensions, base (b), Centimeters 178.1 154.9 47.9 Dimensions, overall Centimeters 119.6 81.5 29.8 Dimensions, cabinet (a) Centimeters 58.4 154.9 47.8 Dimensions, base (b)
- Collection: Object
- Category: Decorative Arts and Furniture
- Subject: Mythology , Furniture/Furniture Design , Figurative
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: XX1990.44 A,B.JPG
- Tags: Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Wooden cabinet with moulded frieze above two inlaid cupboard doors showing the birth of Venus; light wood inlay at bottom left door of banner with inscription "A.C."; door interiors mirrored with trompe l'oeil curtains enclosing a fitted interior with central rectangular mirrored cupboard door flanked by open compartments and six small cupboard doors with ivory pulls; on rectangular base with slide and short drawer with metal lined compartments; raised on arched feet. a: cabinet, b: base