Antique Oscar Bach Attributed Gilt Onyx-Top Telephone Stand Cabinet With Chair

Description

An exquisite Oscar Bach (1884–1957) attributed figural bronze, brass, and iron demilune onyx marble topped hall stand with chair.

Dating … more An exquisite Oscar Bach (1884–1957) attributed figural bronze, brass, and iron demilune onyx marble topped hall stand with chair.

Dating to the late 19th / early 20th century, featuring an ornate figural bronze double door cabinet with removable access panel to the reverse; and includes a matching diminutive side chair with red seat accented by gilt gold fringe.

Superb craftsmanship, ornate ornamental gilt metal and ironwork includes scrolled openwork, figure, lion rampant, decorative architectural elements, gilded and beautifully patinated. circa 1900

Dimensions: (approx)
Stand:
39.5" High, 18.25" Wide, 8.75" Deep

Chair:
30.5" High, 10.75" Wide 10.25" Deep. Seat height: 17.5"

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Provenance:
The collection of oil magnate Jim Musselman. Musselman has an impressive track record of finding oil, leading multiple successful oil and gas ventures, including establishing Caelus Energy, JM Petroleum, founding partner of Kosmos Energy, Triton Energy, and various other oil explorations. He found accidental celebrity when he starred in the film Big Men, produced by Brad Pitt.

Acquisition:
J. Garrett Auctioneers had the privilege of selling the contents of Mr. Musselman's Dallas, Texas mansion. September 2021 catalog.

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Oscar Bruno Bach (1884–1957)
German born Oscar Bach was one of the most talented and commercially successful metalworkers in America during the first half of the twentieth century. His oeuvre ranges from small decorative objects to grand architectural elements, and his varied designs reference Arts and Crafts, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque Revival, as well as Art Deco styles.

After studying and working in Europe and winning the Grand Prize at the World’s Exposition in Turin for a bed he designed for Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1911, Bach moved to New York and opened a metal design studio with his brother Max. Bach exhibited his work routinely at The Metropolitan Museum’s industrial art exhibitions as well as at other museums. The Architectural League of New York awarded him a medal of honor for design and craftsmanship in industrial art in 1926, and he received countless commissions for domestic and public architectural projects including the Woolworth Building, Riverside Church, Toledo Museum of Art, Temple Emanu-El, Cranbrook School, the Chrysler Building, and Radio City Music Hall. Bach successfully retailed his metalwork throughout the United States through department stores such as Manhattan’s B. Altman, Joseph Horne in Pittsuburgh, and Toldeo’s Forster-Smith. In addition to being on display in prominent museums across the globe, many prominent homes and public buildings across the United States featured Bach’s metalwork, and his designs helped define taste and style for his era.

Good antique condition; one tassel missing. less