"Skyscraper" Bookcase/End Table

Gallery 203, American Art, second floor (Sherrerd Gallery)

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"Skyscraper" Bookcase/End Table

Designed c. 1927

Settling in Manhattan in the 1920s, Viennese-born designer Paul T. Frankl dedicated himself to creating a new contemporary style rooted in European modernism and infused with American spirit. His most celebrated success came with his line of Skyscraper furniture, which evoked the iconic stepped pyramid of the 1920s skyscraper that had become synonymous with the driven, aspiring culture of machine-age America.

Gallery 203, American Art, second floor (Sherrerd Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

"Skyscraper" Bookcase/End Table

Date:

Designed c. 1927

Artist:

Medium:

Walnut veneer, lumber core plywood

Dimensions:

30 1/2 × 28 1/2 × 12 inches (77.5 × 72.4 × 30.5 cm)

Classification:

Furniture/Furnishings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Marie Josephine Rozet Fund, 2010

Accession Number:

2010-28-1

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 203, American Art, second floor (Sherrerd Gallery)

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