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    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Berlin Chair”

    Designer: Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch, 1888–1964
    Maker: Gerard Van de Groenekan, Dutch, 1904–1994
    Date: 
    Designed 1923; made after 1924
    Medium: 

    Probably mahogany plywood, linden, and ash, with paint

    Accession Number: 
    1978.50
    Culture: 
    Dutch
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Conoid” Side Chair

    Maker: George Nakashima, American, 1905–1990
    Date: 
    introduced 1962
    Medium: 

    Walnut, hickory

    Accession Number: 
    1977.140
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Directional” Side Chair

    Designer: Paul McCobb, American, 1917–1969
    Manufacturer: Directional
    Date: 
    ca. 1954
    Medium: 

    Mahogany, leather

    Accession Number: 
    1979.99
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Bowl

    Maker: Henry J. Kauffman, American, 1909–2001
    Date: 
    1948
    Medium: 

    Sterling silver

    Accession Number: 
    1980.69.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Metals
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Side Chair

    Designer: Oskar Stonorov, American, born Germany, 1905–1970
    Designer: Willo von Moltke, American, born Germany, 1911–1987
    Date: 
    1940
    Medium: 

    Walnut, maple, and rush

    Accession Number: 
    1981.53.7
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Sideboard

    Designer: Gustav Stickley, American, 1858–1942
    Manufacturer: Craftsman Workshops, 1904–1918
    Maker: Eagle Lock Co.
    Date: 
    1909–12
    Medium: 

    White oak; cupboard doors, quarter-sewn white oak veneer; case bottom, chestnut; drawer runners, birch; drawer bottoms, oak plywood

    Accession Number: 
    1979.27
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Cabinet

    Designer: Edward Wormley, American, 1907–1995
    Manufacturer: Dunbar Furniture Corporation, American, founded 1919
    Date: 
    ca. 1955
    Medium: 

    Case, a grained hardwood plywood, dark in color; drawer front, cupboard doors, a light, bleached walnut veneer; back of case, a plywood with an inner facing of sugar maple; four adjustable shelves, a sugar maple veneer, some with bird’s-eye figure, over a yellow poplar core; coin tray, walnut; base frame, elm on front and back, yellow poplar on sides; hard maple; mahogany; possibly ash

    Accession Number: 
    1984.14.2
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Cocktail Table

    Designer: Finn Juhl, Danish, 1912–1989
    Manufacturer: Baker Furniture, American, founded 1890
    Date: 
    1951
    Medium: 

    Black cherry, black walnut, bleached maple veneer, yellow-poplar

    Accession Number: 
    1984.14.5
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Floor Lamp

    Designer: Peter Pfisterer, American, born Switzerland 1907
    Manufacturer: Mutual Sunset Lamp Manufacturing Company, Inc., American
    Date: 
    1940
    Medium: 

    Chromium-plated metal and paint

    Accession Number: 
    1981.53.14
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Lighting Devices
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Standing Floor Lamp

    Designer: Walter Von Nessen, American, born Germany, 1889–1943
    Manufacturer: Nessen Studio, Incorporated, American, founded 1927
    Date: 
    ca. 1928
    Medium: 

    Brushed chromium over brass, iron

    Accession Number: 
    1982.5
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Lighting Devices
    Status: 
    On view

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