Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for plastic laminate. All-over repeat pattern across four rectangular photostats mounted on board featuring vertical rectangular grid superimposed by rounded hourglass shapes. Lines are rough and textural; original likely rendered in crayon or pastel.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)
- Office of
- Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA
- Manufacturer
- Micarta, American, founded ca. 1910
- Date
- ca. 1960
- Credit Line
- Gift of Donald Deskey
- Medium
- Photostats mounted on board
- Dimensions
- 24.1 × 19.2 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)
- Mount: 24.1 × 21.3 cm (9 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Photostat
- Type
- Photostat
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