This pen tray is made of a medium brown-colored wood. It is elongated and roughly rectangular in shape. In the center of the pen tray, and running nearly its full length, is a semi-circular well to hold pens. On either side of the well, the wood is carved so it spreads out a little beyond the well’s lip. Hecto Guimard’s signature and the date of this pen tray (1907) has been incised into the wood in scrawling cursive letters. At both ends of the tray are rounded nests of carved curving lines. They stretch and fold into each other like folded dough.

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Object Timeline

1907	Work on this object began.
1962	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2019	We photographed this object.
2022	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Pen Tray Tray

This is a tray. It was designed by Hector Guimard. It is dated 1907 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is wood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Miss Clare L. Beckwith. It is credited Gift of Clare L. Beckwith.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 6 × 26 × 1 cm (2 3/8 × 10 1/4 × 3/8 in.)

It is signed

"Hector Guimard 1907" (lower right)

Cite this object as

Pen Tray Tray; Designed by Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); wood; H x W x D: 6 × 26 × 1 cm (2 3/8 × 10 1/4 × 3/8 in.); Gift of Clare L. Beckwith; 1962-132-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hector Guimard.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CvTM/
Accession Number 1962-132-1
Object ID 18441087