Art Deco Chrome and Mirror Cocktail Table

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Art Deco Chrome and Mirror Cocktail Table

About the Item

This stylish Art Deco cocktail table is by Donald Deskey and date to the 1920s-1930s with its stream-lined machine-age look in polished chrome and black glass. FYI:- Deskey. Donald Deskey (November 23, 1894–April 29, 1989) was a native of Blue Earth, Minnesota. He studied architecture at the University of California, but did not follow that profession, becoming instead an artist, and a Pioneer in the field of Industrial Design. In Paris he attended the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts De´coratifs et Industriels Modernes, which influenced his approach to design. He established a design consulting firm in New York City, and later the firm of Deskey-Vollmer (in partnership with Phillip Vollmer) which specialized in furniture and textile design. His designs in this era progressed from Art Deco to Streamline Moderne. Donald Deskey. Table lamp, 1927-1931 Deskey first gained note as a designer when he created window displays for the Franklin Simon Department Store in Manhattan in 1926. In the 1930s, he won the competition to design the interiors for Radio City Music Hall. He sold geometrically painted objects through the fashionable shop of Rena Rosenthal, and did custom design work for her. In the 1940s he started the graphic design firm Donald Deskey Associates and made some of the most recognizable icons of the day. He designed the Crest toothpaste packaging, the Tide bullseye as well as a widely used New York City lamp post model. In 1940 Deskey developed a decorative form of plywood which had a unique striated, or combed, look to it. It was produced under the name Weldtex and was very popular in the 1950s.

Creator:
Donald Deskey (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 18.75 in (47.63 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Chrome,Glass,Polished
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1930s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
West Palm Beach, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU928322673112