Laurie Spitz & Amee J. Pollack, United States
Biedermeier: Modern Before Its Time
Curvilinear bound box with sliding tracked drawers and a Japanese shell-clasp closure, paper engineering, and laser printing, with hand-painted Japanese silk book cloth, archival cotton rag museum board, acrylic, Elephant Hide cover stock, parchment, wooden beads, fabricated numerals, and linen thread.
Coffret relié en curviligne avec tiroirs coulissants et fermoir en coquillage japonais, technique de fabrication de papier et impression laser, avec toile à reliure en soie japonaise peinte à la main, carton musée d’archive en chiffon de coton, papier à couverture Elephant Hide acrylique, parchemin, perles de bois, chiffres confectionnés, et fil de lin
44.5 x 20.6 x 11.4 cm
2007
Box Making / Boîte
Artist's Statement:
The form of a writing cabinet circa 1810 houses a surprise 3-dimensional room and drawers with miniature illustrated books – whose contents provide not only the history of this style but a commentary on modern living – in this curvilinear symbol of ideas ahead of their time.