Masterfully designed and crafted, this lingerie chest by David Ebner features a unique, kimono-like form. It was made on commission in 2005 for Lady Rothschild. For this particular lingerie chest, Ebner chose a rare and beautiful, highly figured Claro walnut. The design is referenced in David N. Ebner by Nancy Schiffer, published in 2014.
David N. Ebner is an American artist-craftsman who studied under Wendell Castle at the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He continued on to advanced studies at the London School of Furniture Design. His work can be found in the institutional collections of the National Collection of Fine Art Smithsonian Institute, American Craft Museum, High Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Yale University Gallery, Art Institute Chicago, and many more, as well as in the private collections of Horace Havemeyer III, William and Elaine de Kooning, Tony Delorenzo, Isabella Rossellini, and Glenn Close, among others.
