Storefront - Japan circa 1900 - Mingei style

It is a piece of furniture by trade, for store. Japan late nineteenth - early twentieth - it combines sobriety, rigor, stripping and discreet oriental influence. The craftsman sought the balance between protruding joints and general sobriety. This glazed wardrobe is deep (69cm) With glazed surfaces (old glass) it will not be suitable for a children's room. The furniture is completely chevillé. State: The façade, the uprights are made of solid walnut, formerly varnished and not retouched. Shocks, visible wear. The panels are made of thin wooden plates, natural (we have slightly re-embossed them). Wear, irregular coloring due to the heating mode of the time (brazing creating smoke deposits.) Scratches, shocks of use. The furniture has not been waxed - the appearance is matte - the buyer can choose a colorless or tinted wax if he wishes. The drawers have the depth of the furniture, which is about 66 cm. The interior: traces of use, stains. The bottom tray was dyed with walnut husk (a board changed) - irregularities. The top tray is in its original hue - The shelves are recessed, which makes it easier to pass the hand to grasp objects. The top: irregular boards, days, a board changed. Windows: original, iridescent in places. Traces in places. Transport: it is dismantled in two modules: low (height 86.5 cm) + high (83.5 cm). A single person can move them. => japanese work in the spirit "mingei": artistic movement born at the beginning of the twentieth century, which revalued traditional craftsmanship. The characteristics are to be produced anonymously, for functional use, a beauty of everyday objects. The characteristics that mingei objects must have: be functional and not just aesthetic - simple, usual and traditional. They make it possible to unite aesthetics and beauty on a daily basis in simple gestures.

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