Vanity
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
The Simmons Company
MEDIUM
Enameled steel, chrome-plated metal, brass, wood
DATES
1929–1932
DIMENSIONS
30 x 44 x 20 in. (76.2 x 111.8 x 50.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
87.221.3
CREDIT LINE
Anonymous gift in memory of Benjamin Linder
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Vanity (part of six piece bedroom suite, 87.221.1-.6) of beige-enameled steel with chrome-plated decoration. Raised by four squared legs made of steel with rounded edges. Top, also with rounded corners, is covered with sheets of steel. Proper right side (front) has rectangular-shaped drawer with semi-cylindrical chrome-plated pull. Proper left side of vanity has three drawers of equal width and depth, each with semi-cylindrical pulls. Top half of front is decorated with chromed-metal strip. En suite with mirror 87.221.4.
CONDITION: Various small scratches on top surface;
(b) Large drawer (has numerous interior scratches. Semi-cylindrical drawer pull is dull;
(c) Drawer pulled
(d) Various scratches interior on bottom
(e) Two large vertical scratches below drawer pull on interior of drawer front.
Top of vanity has a 6’ wide area of pink discoloration and several small-discolored circular spots; back of proper right leg has six vertical paint "drips".
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Norman Bel Geddes (American, 1893–1958). Vanity, 1929–1932. Enameled steel, chrome-plated metal, brass, wood, 30 x 44 x 20 in. (76.2 x 111.8 x 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Benjamin Linder, 87.221.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 87.221.3_87.221.4a-c_SL3.jpg)
IMAGE
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