St. Honore Chest Baker Furniture

The Rue St. Honoree is the bellwether of French fashion, the kind of place where new visions begin and revered classics are still de rigueur. Thomas Pheasant conceived this chest as an homage to both, a modern cabinet with a classical silhouette. It strikes a chord of elegant simplicity. A 1950s form with stepped and canted corners, reworked for Pheasant’s own home, the St. Honor? is really a celebration of great doors and the materials that make them so. A delicate Bronze molding offers a frame for select crotch mahogany presented vertically. A discrete key-handle pull adds a tactile element, and cast sabots are an elegant touch. The St. Honore Chest is scaled for an entryway. With the crotch mahogany doors, it is at once restrained and refined. The addition of a decorative tray would make it a unique server for either the living or dining room. Designer: Thomas Pheasant.