American Art Deco Furniture
Donald Deskey American Art Deco Occasional Table
Donald DeskeyDonald Deskey
American [1894 - 1989]
Donald Deskey was one of American Modern design's most famous names. He designed apartments for Adam Gimbel and John D. Rockefeller Jr., but his most famous commission was the Palace of American Art Deco - Radio City Music Hall.
Deskey's commissions were executed by the Company of Mastercraftsmen and Schmieg & Kotzian. He also designed furniture for his own company, Deskey-Vollmer and Amodec. Some of his best designs were for Widdicomb Furniture Company of Grand Rapids in the 1930's. (1894 – 1989) designed this very rare and iconic table ca. 1932 for the S. Karpen & Bros. Furniture Company of Chicago. The table, with three discs of American walnut connected by copper plated steel is 20 ½” high and 17 ½” in diameter. The table is in excellent original condition. A similar table is in the Norwest Collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Reference# AF134
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