A mid 20th century bar cabinet, Hotel Kämp, Helsinki.
Mahogany and mahogany vereed. Intarsia inlays. Cast brass fittings and mouldings. Upp to; double doors, with mirror-covered decorated ground glass interior behind, glass shelf, lighting and pull out board. Down to; double doors with a pair of drawers and adjustable shelf behind. Key included.
Later lighting. Shelf brackets to the shelf down to is missing. Wear due to age and use.
Provenance
According to the information given, bought from the Hotel Kämp auction of movable assets in 1964.
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Hotel Kämp on the Pohjoisesplanadi (Northern Esplanade) in Helsinki was inaugurated on October 29, 1887 as a distinctive 5-floor luxury hotel with even a hydraulic lift. The furniture was mainly ordered from St. Petersburg, the crystal chandeliers from Berlin. The guests were served fresh oysters from Odense. Many of the country's greatest cultural personalities, artists and architects gathered around the tables over the years, among them Jean Sibelius, Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Eliel Saarinen. The hotel director Carl Kämp himself died as early as 1889. The hotel business was closed down in 1965 but resumed in the same building, designed by Theodor Höijer, in 1999. Today Hotel Kämp belongs to the prestigious association for luxury hotels, LHW.
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