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Art Nouveau Display Cases with Inlaid Marquetry
Art Glass Staircase Enclosure
2 Benches and 2 Mirrors

Spirer Jewelers, Cambridge, Massachusetts

I was contacted by a professional jeweler who was opening a new shop on Massachusetts Avenue near Harvard Square. He has found my website, and wanted to meet to show me the new space he was setting up. I genuinely admired his work, and we talked at length about our efforts to build careers in the arts while not compromising our designs or quality.

He wanted me to design a continuous run of seven interconnected mahogany display cabinets to wind in a serpentine fashion through the long narrow space. The cases would stand on slender legs and have glass tops and fronts, with locking wood sliders in the rear of each case. We decided on a marquetry inlay on the central panel of each facade, in pale holly wood, to add contrast and a subtle decorative motif.

Two narrowness of the space was compensated by the fact that there were two levels, and the level below the street functioned as a private reception room with workshops behind. The open stairwell created a liability that encouraged us to design an art nouveau fencing to be built in bent-laminated wood with iron. Ultimately, we needed a more cost-effective solution, and so had the same design engraved in tempered glass.

The benches and mirrors continue the art nouveau motif used throughout the space.

We appreciate the opportunity to place our work in public or retail settings, and as a custom shop, we specialize in accommodating our client's needs for commercial as well as residential environments.