Albers Bookcase and Magazine Stand
$4,600.00
Albers Bookcase and Magazine Stand is made with solid white oak boards that are fumed (darkened naturally through an oxidization process) for the horizontal elements, and waxed and hand-polished for the light vertical elements.
Invisible sliding dovetail joints cleverly joins the elements to look as if they intersect effortlessly one into the other. Built to order by a Connecticut master woodworker using locally-sourced white oak.
Josef Albers designed this bookshelf as a magazine stand for his Bauhaus fellow faculty member Walter Gropius in 1923. As part of a set of furniture for the waiting room of Gropius's new architectural firm, this piece was conceived to help convey modern Bauhaus ideals.
Total Size: 55" x 55" x 13.8" inches
Invisible sliding dovetail joints cleverly joins the elements to look as if they intersect effortlessly one into the other. Built to order by a Connecticut master woodworker using locally-sourced white oak.
Josef Albers designed this bookshelf as a magazine stand for his Bauhaus fellow faculty member Walter Gropius in 1923. As part of a set of furniture for the waiting room of Gropius's new architectural firm, this piece was conceived to help convey modern Bauhaus ideals.
Total Size: 55" x 55" x 13.8" inches
