Pair of Mirrors Designer: Laura "Polly" Lada-Mocarski (American, 1902–1997)

ca. 1965

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Plate glass

Dimensions

79 × 60 in. (203.2 × 152.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance Clement

Accession Number

2002.41.1.1-.2

Geography

Made in New Haven, Connecticut, Made in New Haven County

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
It was the understanding of the donor that Polly Lada-Mocarski designed the mirrors. Gisela Noack, the Chief Conservator of the Universitiy Libraries, and a long-time friend of Polly's recalled that Polly had the mirrors made, based loosely on her and her husband's physiques, for their apartment in Crown Tower when they moved there some time in the 1960s. The mirrors were given to the donor by Polly's assistant, when Polly moved from the apartment into a nursing home.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2002," in "The Original Work of Art: What It Has to Teach," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003), 137
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
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Subject

Women designers

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