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Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
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
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
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
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
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker: Albert Coles & Company, active ca. 1835–75
Date:
1835–51
Medium:
Silver
Accession Number:
1985.84.31
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Jewelry
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker and Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904–1976
Date:
ca. 1933
Medium:
Aluminum with rattan
Accession Number:
1984.22.1
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Containers - Metals
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Designer, attributed to: Donald Deskey, American, 1894–1989
Maker, probably by: Deskey-Vollmer, Inc., American, 1927–1931
Date:
1929
Medium:
Aluminum
Accession Number:
1984.22.2
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Containers - Metals
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Designer: Donald Deskey, American, 1894–1989
Maker, workshop of Probably: Schmieg, Hungate and Kotzian, Inc., American, 1924–1933
Maker: Eagle Lock Co.
Retailer: Deskey-Vollmer, Inc., American, 1927–1931
Date:
1929
Medium:
Ebony, probably Macassar ebony, veneer on a core of yellow poplar; one drawer front core wood, chestnut; runner on small curved drawer, ash; drawer bottoms, plywood faced with mahogany on inside and yellow poplar on outside; other elements, mahogany
Accession Number:
1984.23.2
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker: Lester Howard Vaughan, American, 1889–1961
Date:
ca. 1930
Medium:
Pewter
Accession Number:
1984.35
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Containers - Metals
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1740–60
Medium:
Mahogany, eastern white pine, soft maple, black cherry
Accession Number:
1984.32.34
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
