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1947

  • Work on this object began.

1957

  • Work on this object ended.

2020

  • We acquired this object.

2021

2025

  • You found it!

Buffet, Buffet

This is a buffet. It was designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman. It is dated ca. 1952 and we acquired it in 2020. Its medium is walnut, thermoset plastic, metal. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Women's History Initiative and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 72.1 × 118.6 × 47.6 cm (28 3/8 × 46 11/16 × 18 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Buffet, Buffet; Designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman (American, born Sweden, 1906 – 1999); walnut, thermoset plastic, metal; H x W x D: 72.1 × 118.6 × 47.6 cm (28 3/8 × 46 11/16 × 18 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Women's History Initiative and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2020-14-4

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