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Pál Horti
Desk No. 285 and Desk Chair No. 285 ½designed circa 1905

Not on view
Mahogany Art Nouveau writing desk with amber inlaid tulip panels and matching tall-backed side chair with upholstered seat
Designed by
Pál Horti
Hungary, active United States, 1865-1907
Manufactured by
Shop of the Crafters
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati, 1904-1920
Title
Desk No. 285 and Desk Chair No. 285 ½
Place Made
United States
Date Made
designed circa 1905
Medium
Mahogany, boxwood, pearwood, mansonia, sycamore, lacewood, brass, and leather (replaced)
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.89.151.25a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.