Desk
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Birch plywood and solid wood
DATES
1938
DIMENSIONS
29 1/16 x 50 x 24 5/8 in. (73.8 x 127 x 62.5 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Marks: "145" written on green pencil on inside of proper right drawer unit.
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
83.1.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Bryn Mawr College
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Desk (one of four pieces of dormitory furniture), birch plywood and solid wood. Desk is composed of simple rounded-edged rectangular top supported on the proper left by a flat-bottomed U-shaped leg; in the middle by two braces stretching under the width of the top; and on the proper right by rectangular drawer unit, the full depth of the top. The drawer unit has a recessed base below, then one large and three small drawers above, all with handles (recessed) cut into the middle of each drawer unit.
Condition: Fair, generally worn. Numerous scratches and stains to the top. Wear to finish on most edges with 1 3/4 inch chip to front proper right leg. Grain raised along inside of leg. Greatest wear to front of all four drawers; surfaces are heavily worn and brushed, with scratches, stains and discolorations throughout.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Marcel Breuer (American, born Hungary, 1902â1981). Desk, 1938. Birch plywood and solid wood, 29 1/16 x 50 x 24 5/8 in. (73.8 x 127 x 62.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bryn Mawr College, 83.1.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.1.2_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 83.1.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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