Desk No. 285 and Desk Chair No. 285 ½

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Desk No. 285 and Desk Chair No. 285 ½

United States, designed circa 1905
Furnishings; Furniture
Mahogany, boxwood, pearwood, mansonia, sycamore, lacewood, brass, and leather (replaced)
a) Desk: 48 1/8 × 39 1/4 × 18 1/4 in. (122.24 × 99.7 × 46.36 cm) b) Chair: 33 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (85.09 × 39.37 × 44.45 cm)
Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary (M.89.151.25a-b)
Decorative Arts and Design
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Koplos, Janet, and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: a History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Koplos, Janet, and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: a History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Kaplan, Wendy; contributions by Crawford, Alan; Joppien, Rüdiger; Kinchin, Juliet; Ogata, Amy F.; Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet; Witt-Dörring, Christian.  The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004.
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