| Accession # |
87.221.3 |
|
Designer |
Norman Bel Geddes
|
|
Manufacturer |
The Simmons Company
|
| Title |
Vanity |
| Date |
1929-1932 |
| Medium |
Enameled steel, chrome-plated metal, brass, wood |
| Dimensions |
30 x 44 x 20 in. (76.2 x 111.8 x 50.8 cm) |
| Marks |
no marks |
| Inscriptions |
no inscriptions |
| Signed |
no signature |
| Credit Line |
Anonymous gift in memory of Benjamin Linder |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 10, Shelf E (Contemporary Furniture)
|
| 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 6â wide area of pink discoloration and several small-discolored circular spots; back of proper right leg has six vertical paint "drips". |
