Jacksons

'Animal' Cabinet

'Animal' Cabinet
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Model no. 1140. Oak, birch interior. Adjustable shelves. Forty hand coloured engravings of flora and fauna, from Friedrich Justin Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch für Kinder', published in 1790-1830. Provenance: Sven Nygren (1903-1990). Director, editor, head of film, in Stockholm. Sven Nygren founded Film AB Lux, where he served as CEO from 1941-1945 and later continued his career as CEO for Fox Film AB from 1946-63. As the director of Fox Film, Nygren successfully invited many American movie stars to travel to Stockholm for film premieres, and several of them became his friends; Thence by descent. History: Cabinet model no. 1140 was designed by Josef Frank in circa 1941. It is very likely that the 'Animal' cabinet was a custom order. Like the 'Monkey' cabinet, the same model but covered with engravings of monkeys from Comte de Buffon's classic work 'Histoire Naturelle'. ref. 2211056.