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Drawing, Design for Round Occasional Table with Ashtray

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey and Donald Deskey Associates and made for (as the client) Park Central Hotel. It is dated ca. 1927 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

34 x 37.8 cm (13 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: PARK CENTRAL HOTEL; in graphite, lower right: 6255 [encircled]; in graphite: dimensions, materials

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Round Occasional Table with Ashtray; Office of Donald Deskey Associates, Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Client: Park Central Hotel; USA; graphite on tracing paper; 34 x 37.8 cm (13 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1384

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