Fusion Cabinet

This cabinet was designed at the request of my wife, Terry, to serve as a stand for a new television we bought. It represents a fusion of various  influences from my past.
The pulls are firmly rooted in my Greene and Greene work, as are the setbacks (individual elements proud of one another). While the upturned ends of the top are a nod to Asian motifs, they are in a sense also a nod to the Greene Brothers (G&G) who borrowed heavily from Japanese themes.
The tapered legs are something I introduced to my G&G work several years ago. In this instance though, they do not abut to the top, but freely exist in space and culminate with a downturn (a play against the up-turned top). In this occurrence the legs have a Mid Century Modern flair. The separate base/case arrangement also speaks to the MCM style.
The arrangement of the rails and stiles of the doors are a loose play on the work of James Krenov. The outermost stiles (vertical members) are subtly dominant by extending the full height of the door and existing proud of the adjacent rails. Both top and bottom rails capture, and are proud of, the inside stiles. Although interrupted by a bank of drawers, the rails imply continuity (grain is continuous but hard to see in the photo) from one door to the other.
The use of barrel hinges is something that would not likely be seen in Mid Century Modern work but are broadly common in the American Arts and Crafts style.
For the purest looking for one of the underlying styles to dominant I have probably committed heresy. My eye does not see heresy though but unity through thoughtful fusion.