Deur, deel van een betimmering uit het huis van Dentz van Schaick. Gebeeldhouwde en ingelegde gestileerde bloem- en bladmotieven en dier- en figuurlijke voorstellingen. Merk met witte verf: AB8BI. c. 1900 - 1905

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this carved and inlaid door as part of a wood paneling project. It has these incredible stylized floral and animal motifs. I'm thinking about the physical act of carving into wood, the focus, the pressure, the back and forth. Wood has such a different resistance than canvas! I imagine that this design came about slowly through trial and error, a lot of intuition, and definitely a few mistakes. I'm drawn to the contrast between the rigidity of the dark wood and the soft floral motifs, like a lion hiding in a flower garden. What kind of space do you think this door opened into? How many people touched it? What did they think of the lion and the lyre? I see this door not just as a functional object but as a site of inquiry, a place where history, imagination, and the physical world meet. Like painting, making furniture is also a way of thinking and seeing. Artists build upon each other across time. Even something like a door, if you really look at it, can inspire new perspectives.