1980's Peter Muny - The Quartet Cabinet

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The Quartet Cabinet

Artist and fine woodworker Peter Muny designed and built the Quartet Cabinet in 1988. The design is … Read more The Quartet Cabinet

Artist and fine woodworker Peter Muny designed and built the Quartet Cabinet in 1988. The design is unique and the craftsmanship is gallery quality heirloom cabinetry worthy of preservation. The Quartet Cabinet is part of a pair including the Jazz Cabinet (1990).

The cabinet feature rare exotic hardwoods; The panels are East Indian Rosewood veneer, and the overlays are Bubinga (African Rosewood) and African Wenge. The Quartet Cabinet’s tambour is Purple Heart from South America. The finish is clear satin lacquer.

The decorative overlay design was inspired from musical instruments with references to the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. With a perfectionist commitment to the craft, over eight hundred hours was required for fabrication of the cabinet.

Peter Muny has been doing fine and architectural woodwork as Muny Woodwork for over 50 years. In 1987, after moving to Los Angeles from New York City where he was a musician and cabinetmaker, Muny focused on heirloom quality artistic woodwork featuring exotic hardwoods.

Muny Woodwork and ROTO Architecture (Michael Rotundi) were presented a Wood Design Merit Award from the American Wood Council for the Nicola Restaurant in Los Angeles. Sunset, Home and Garden, Hospitality Design and Architecture magazines have all featured Peter Muny’s projects. The Quartet Cabinet is featured in an interview with Peter Muny in Southern California Home and Garden (Wood Exotica - November 1988).

The Quartet Cabinet is from The Collection of Stephen Hofer. Mr. Hofer has commissioned Peter Muny for eight major pieces in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

Stephen Hofer’s Los Angeles-based firm, Aerlex Law Group, has represented a long list of A-listers from Hollywood, music, and sports. The client list has earned Mr. Hofer the moniker; “Aviation attorney to the stars”. See less