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Object Timeline

1948	Work on this object began.
1968	Work on this object ended.
1987	We acquired this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Handles (USA)

This is a Handles. It was designed by Donald Deskey and made for (as the client) Charak Furniture Company and made for Charak Furniture Company and firm: Donald Deskey Associates. It is dated ca. 1958 and we acquired it in 1987. Its medium is aluminum. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of E. Paul Charak.

Pitcher, Nine Ways to Use a Pitcher
handblown glass.
Courtesy of the designer.
9.2013.1

Low, square table. The wooden top in light brown has a black outer rim and is decorated in the center with an enameled, stylized still life motif in white and black reminiscent of abstracted flowers and leaves in a vase. The base consists of two double straps of shiny aluminum, attached underneath the center of each side of the table top and bent to form a cross on the floor. Both the table top and table base have rounded corners.

Table (USA)
enameled metal, aluminum, wood.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and General....
1993-111-4

Its dimensions are

2.7 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm (1 1/16 x 5 5/16 x 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Handles (USA); Designed by Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Made for Charak Furniture Company; Firm: Donald Deskey Associates; aluminum; 2.7 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm (1 1/16 x 5 5/16 x 7/8 in.); Gift of E. Paul Charak; 1987-1-1-a/d

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DrDa/
Accession Number 1987-1-1-a/d
Object ID 18621895