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R. M. (Rudolph Michael) Schindler
Dining Table with folding Top from the Shep Commission, Los Angeles1936-1938

Not on view
Wooden pedestal table with warm amber grain, stepped rectangular top, cluster of four fluted columns, and a lower platform framed in brass-toned metal

Rudolph Michael Schindler, Dining Table with folding Top from the Shep Commission, Los Angeles, 1936-1938, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth Shep Polen, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
R. M. (Rudolph Michael) Schindler
Title
Dining Table with folding Top from the Shep Commission, Los Angeles
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1936-1938
Medium
Gumwood and metal
Dimensions
38 × 47 1/2 in. (96.52 × 120.65 cm) Opens to: 36 × 47 1/2 × 89 in. (91.44 × 120.65 × 226.06 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Shep Polen
Accession Number
AC1995.81.1.1-.4
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography

  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.