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Drawing, Design for Round End Table with Shelf

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey and Donald Deskey Associates and drafted by K. and manufactured by Kroehler Manufacturing Co. and made for (as the client) Widdicomb Furniture Company. It is dated September 30, 1933 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Donald Deskey. It is credited Gift of Donald Deskey.

Its dimensions are

30 x 37.2 cm (11 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in red ink, lower right: DONALD DESKEY / 145 WEST 57TH STREET / NEW YORK CITY

It is inscribed

Inscribed in grahpite, lower left: K 9/30/1933; in graphite, upper right margin: WIDDICOMB.; in graphite, lower right: SCALE 1 1/2" = 1'-0"; in graphite, lower right: 7768 / iN WOOD [encircled]; in red color pencil, lower right: P; in graphite, lower right: 40 / U 2–30; in graphite, lower right: # B / 639 iN METAL [partially encircled]; in graphite: dimensions

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Round End Table with Shelf; Office of Donald Deskey Associates, Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Manufactured by Kroehler Manufacturing Co.; Drafted by K.; Client: Widdicomb Furniture Company; USA; graphite on tracing paper; 30 x 37.2 cm (11 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1386

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