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1930

  • Work on this object began.

1934

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for Chest of Drawers

This is a Drawing. It was overseen (as design director) by Donald Deskey and from the office of Donald Deskey and manufactured by Valentine-Seaver Company and Kroehler Manufacturing Co.. It is dated 1930–1934 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is graphite, red color pencil 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

(irregular): 29.8 × 37.4 cm (11 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed dimensions in graphite. Inscribed in graphite: at lower right, Scale; [Deskey #] 7249; in red color pencil, P

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Chest of Drawers; Design Director: Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Manufactured by Valentine-Seaver Company, Kroehler Manufacturing Co.; USA; graphite, red color pencil on tracing paper; (irregular): 29.8 × 37.4 cm (11 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1792

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