Side chair Designer: Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989)
Maker: Schmieg, Hungate and Kotzian, Inc. (American, 1924–1933)

1933

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Macassar ebony veneer over secondary wood, beech and pine; cotton replacement upholstery

Dimensions

34 1/2 × 19 × 24 in. (87.63 × 48.26 × 60.96 cm)

Credit Line

John P. Axelrod, B.A. 1968, Fund

Accession Number

2009.137.1

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Commissioned by Abby Rockefeller Milton, New York, 1933; private dealer, New York, by 2008; on consignment, 20th Century Provenance, Cambridge, Mass., 2009
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 42–43, no. 22
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012), 9–10, ill
  • Anne Massey, Interior Design of the 20th Century (London: Thames and Hudson, 2001), 112, fig. 92
  • David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher, "Donald Desky's Decorative Designs," Antiques (April 1987), 842–43, fig. 3
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

side chairs

Marks

"8004 SHK [within a circle] 46923" carved into underside of rear seat rail

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