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Drawing, Design for Chest of Drawers

This is a Drawing. It was manufactured by Amodec and the design director was Donald Deskey and from the office of Donald Deskey. It is dated 1931 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

26.8 × 24.7 cm (10 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: 7067 [circled]; in graphite: dimensions

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Chest of Drawers; Design Director: Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Manufactured by Amodec; USA; graphite on tracing paper; 26.8 × 24.7 cm (10 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1783

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