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Paul T. Frankl
Console Magazine Table, Model 5007designed and made 1949

Not on view
Bench or low table in pale sandy-textured material with a dark charcoal angled shelf panel suspended between the two leg panels
Rectangular bench in pale speckled composite material with a low metal magazine rack running along the base, holding a row of mid-century periodicals with colorful covers including Fortune and Arts & Architecture.
Artist or Maker
Paul T. Frankl
Austria, active United States, New York and California, Los Angeles, 1886-1958
Manufacturer
Johnson Furniture Company
United States, Michigan, Grand Rapids, 1908-1983
Title
Console Magazine Table, Model 5007
Date Made
designed and made 1949
Medium
Mahogany, cork
Dimensions
a) Desk: 28 1/8 x 71 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (71.44 x 181.93 x 50.48 cm); b) Kick plate: 19 1/4 x 61 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (48.9 x 155.89 x 6.99 cm); c) Magazine rack: 13 3/4 x 61 x 109 1/2 in. (34.93 x 154.94 x 278.13 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts and Design Deaccession Fund
Accession Number
M.2010.109a-c
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
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.