Jock D. Peters
Table from the sportswear department, Bullock's Wilshire department store, Los Angelescirca 1929

Not on view

Wooden table with reddish-amber grain and geometric black-and-ivory inlay on the top surface, supported by two T-shaped pedestals on near-black rectangular bases

Marquetry panel with geometric abstract composition in contrasting wood veneers; dark linear borders frame a warm honey-toned field with a circle and striped rectangle at lower left, and a checkerboard rectangle in cream and dark ebony at right.

Jock D. Peters, Table from the sportswear department, Bullock's Wilshire department store, Los Angeles, circa 1929, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Decorative Arts and Design Council Fund in honor of Rose Tarlow receiving the 2010 Design Leadership Award: Michael and Jane Eisner, Bobby Kotick, Ann and Jerry Moss, Jane and Terry Semel, The David Geffen Foundation, Margie and Jerry Perenchio, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Eli and Edythe Broad, Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley, David Bohnett and Tom Gregory, The Judy and Bernard Briskin Fund, Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, Holly Hunt, Jena and Michael King, Kevin Kolanowski, Alexandra and Michael Misczynksi, Frank Pollaro and Jennifer Dubose, Maggie Russell, Susan and Peter Strauss, Luanne Wells, John M. and Judith Hart Angelo, Douglas S. Cramer and Hugh Bush, Suzanne Kayne, Kelly and Ron Meyer, Susan Smalley, Deborah and David Trainer, Design Alliance LA, Thomas A. Kligerman, Kenneth and Louise Litwack, Elaine Lotwin, Carol and Michael Palladino, Janet Dreisen Rappaport, Patti and Bruce Springsteen, Lars Stensland Jr. and Kim Baer, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Jock D. Peters
Germany, Berlin, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1887-1934
Title: Table from the sportswear department, Bullock's Wilshire department store, Los Angeles
Date Made: circa 1929
Medium: Mahogany, zebrawood, sycamore, and other woods
Dimensions: 30 1/2 x 66 x 30 in. (77.47 x 167.64 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line: Decorative Arts and Design Council Fund in honor of Rose Tarlow receiving the 2010 Design Leadership Award: Michael and Jane Eisner, Bobby Kotick, Ann and Jerry Moss, Jane and Terry Semel, The David Geffen Foundation, Margie and Jerry Perenchio, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Eli and Edythe Broad, Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley, David Bohnett and Tom Gregory, The Judy and Bernard Briskin Fund, Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, Holly Hunt, Jena and Michael King, Kevin Kolanowski, Alexandra and Michael Misczynksi, Frank Pollaro and Jennifer Dubose, Maggie Russell, Susan and Peter Strauss, Luanne Wells, John M. and Judith Hart Angelo, Douglas S. Cramer and Hugh Bush, Suzanne Kayne, Kelly and Ron Meyer, Susan Smalley, Deborah and David Trainer, Design Alliance LA, Thomas A. Kligerman, Kenneth and Louise Litwack, Elaine Lotwin, Carol and Michael Palladino, Janet Dreisen Rappaport, Patti and Bruce Springsteen, Lars Stensland Jr. and Kim Baer
Accession Number: M.2011.7
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: Decorative Arts and Design
Curatorial Notes: Jock Peters designed this display table for the celebrated 1929 Bullock’s Wilshire department store, a landmark of Art Deco architecture in Los Angeles. Born and trained in Germany under architect and designer Peter Behrens, Peters settled in Los Angeles in 1922. Working under the direction of interior decorator Eleanor Le Maire and with store planners Feil and Paradise, Peters was responsible for the entire interior decoration of the first three floors of the glamorous department store, and this table occupied pride of place in the sportswear department beneath the famous Gjura Stojano Spirit of Sports mural. The Bullock’s Wilshire commission included furniture, wall and window treatments, display cases and architectural elements, all executed using extremely fine materials. The table’s geometric inlaid top is made of a variety of exotic hardwoods with geometric motifs that relate to the store’s elevator doors and other architectural elements and testifies to the store’s aura of luxury. The table remained in use until the department store’s closure in 1994. (Bobbye Tigerman, Assistant Curator Decorative Arts and Design)
Selected Bibliography: Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History: California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012

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Jock D. Peters
Table from the sportswear department, Bullock's Wilshire department store, Los Angelescirca 1929

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Jock D. Peters
Germany, Berlin, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1887-1934
Title: Table from the sportswear department, Bullock's Wilshire department store, Los Angeles
Date Made: circa 1929
Medium: Mahogany, zebrawood, sycamore, and other woods
Dimensions: 30 1/2 x 66 x 30 in. (77.47 x 167.64 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line: Decorative Arts and Design Council Fund in honor of Rose Tarlow receiving the 2010 Design Leadership Award: Michael and Jane Eisner, Bobby Kotick, Ann and Jerry Moss, Jane and Terry Semel, The David Geffen Foundation, Margie and Jerry Perenchio, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Eli and Edythe Broad, Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley, David Bohnett and Tom Gregory, The Judy and Bernard Briskin Fund, Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, Holly Hunt, Jena and Michael King, Kevin Kolanowski, Alexandra and Michael Misczynksi, Frank Pollaro and Jennifer Dubose, Maggie Russell, Susan and Peter Strauss, Luanne Wells, John M. and Judith Hart Angelo, Douglas S. Cramer and Hugh Bush, Suzanne Kayne, Kelly and Ron Meyer, Susan Smalley, Deborah and David Trainer, Design Alliance LA, Thomas A. Kligerman, Kenneth and Louise Litwack, Elaine Lotwin, Carol and Michael Palladino, Janet Dreisen Rappaport, Patti and Bruce Springsteen, Lars Stensland Jr. and Kim Baer
Accession Number: M.2011.7
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: Decorative Arts and Design
Curatorial Notes: Jock Peters designed this display table for the celebrated 1929 Bullock’s Wilshire department store, a landmark of Art Deco architecture in Los Angeles. Born and trained in Germany under architect and designer Peter Behrens, Peters settled in Los Angeles in 1922. Working under the direction of interior decorator Eleanor Le Maire and with store planners Feil and Paradise, Peters was responsible for the entire interior decoration of the first three floors of the glamorous department store, and this table occupied pride of place in the sportswear department beneath the famous Gjura Stojano Spirit of Sports mural. The Bullock’s Wilshire commission included furniture, wall and window treatments, display cases and architectural elements, all executed using extremely fine materials. The table’s geometric inlaid top is made of a variety of exotic hardwoods with geometric motifs that relate to the store’s elevator doors and other architectural elements and testifies to the store’s aura of luxury. The table remained in use until the department store’s closure in 1994. (Bobbye Tigerman, Assistant Curator Decorative Arts and Design)
Selected Bibliography: Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History: California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012