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Screen

This is a screen. It was designed by Donald Deskey. It is dated ca. 1928. Its medium is silver leaf, lacquered wood, cast metal (hinges). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Donald Deskey saw newly fashionable screens during his time studying in Paris in 1920–22 and at the 1925 exposition, including examples by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean Dunand with lacquering. From 1927 to 1931, Deskey produced decorative screens and accessories showcasing lacquering and bold colors, some retailed by Paul Frankl. The design and stepped form of this screen mirror the one used in Glendon Allvine’s modernist Long Island house, which also featured Ruth Reeves’s coverlet.

This object was donated by George R. Kravis II. It is credited Gift of George R. Kravis II.

Platter Platter
earthenware.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-41-7

Drawing, Study of an Abstract Composition

Drawing, Study of an Abstract Composition
graphite, red, black and white crayon on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-756

Drawing of a window design. On the left and right borders are jagged grey triangles. On the top border are three horizontally-oriented rectangles. This collection of bordering greys resembles a curtain. The ground is tan and the backdrop is light blue. On the left side are four vertically-oriented curved rectangles, colored yellow, resembling a wall or wing of a stage. More faintly in the background area is a small silhouette of a building roof.

Drawing, Design for Window Display, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
brush and silver paint, watercolor, pastel, graphite on off-white....
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-65

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Wastebasket, Wastebasket
wood, paint, silver leaf.
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler.
2018-29-2

Chair, Skyscraper
painted pine.
Collection of Jody and Dick Goisman.
44.2016.1

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

H x W (Right Panel): 198.1 × 46.4 cm (6 ft. 6 in. × 18 1/4 in.) H x W (Center Panel): 168.3 × 61 cm (5 ft. 6 1/4 in. × 24 in.) H x W (Left Panel): 153 × 46.4 cm (60 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Screen; Designed by Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); silver leaf, lacquered wood, cast metal (hinges); H x W (Right Panel): 198.1 × 46.4 cm (6 ft. 6 in. × 18 1/4 in.) H x W (Center Panel): 168.3 × 61 cm (5 ft. 6 1/4 in. × 24 in.) H x W (Left Panel): 153 × 46.4 cm (60 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.); Gift of George R. Kravis II; 2018-22-29

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/BKmDZ/
Accession Number 2018-22-29
Object ID 404536659