''Cradle Hutch'', 1971, one of six examples made, walnut construction, the freestanding cradle hutch with a rectangular outset top over a double-door blanket cabinet secured with a shaped wooden latch, raised atop a central space suspending a slatted rocking cradle over a pull-out changing surface, the lower section fitted with an arrangement of six short drawers to one face and a double-door cabinet to the other, signed and dated to underside of pull-out changing table: Made in 1971 / Sam Maloof / Woodworker / [copyright symbol], 80.375'' H x 58'' W x 30.625'' D, est: $40,000/60,000
Exhibited: Beverly Hills City Municipal Gallery, 2002. Literature: This model described: J. Adamson, ''The Furniture of Sam Maloof'', Smithsonian American Art Museum, W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, p. 128-130; illustrated: p.134, fig. 124. Note: Joseph Anthony Gatto was a jewelry designer, art teacher and personal friend of Sam Maloof; he purchased the cabinet directly from the artist shortly before the birth of his daughter.. Provenance: Joseph Anthony Gatto, Pasadena, CA, purchased directly from the artist 1972; by descent in the family to present owner

Overall good condition with scattered minor scuffs including abrasions to pull-out changing surface and cabinet faces consistent with contact with wooden latch