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"Lazy Boy Smoker's Stand"
"Lazy Boy Smoker's Stand"

"Lazy Boy Smoker's Stand"

Walter von Nessen (American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed in 1933
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueChrome, plastic
DimensionsOverall: 57.2 x 27.9 cm (22 1/2 x 11 in.)
Credit LineGift of J. Parker Prindle
Accession number2009.5338
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2009, J. Parker Prindle, Boston, MA; 2009, given by Prindle to the MFA. (Accession date: June 20, 2010)
Image Not Available for Pair of lamps
Pair of lamps
Walter von Nessen
1930–40
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"Coronet" coffee urn, Model No. 17088
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1938; manufactured 1938–42
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Bureau mirror
Walter von Nessen
about 1930
Sentinel bookends (one of a pair)
Sentinel bookends (one of a pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed 1940, manufactured about 1941–1942
Sentinel bookends (one of a pair)
Sentinel bookends (one of a pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed 1940; manufactured about 1941-1942
Image Not Available for Compote
Compote
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1930
"Gothic" bookends (pair)
"Gothic" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931; made about 1931–33
Group shot: 2014.1368.1-2
"Spiral" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931–33
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"Arch" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931–33
"Elephant" bookends (pair)
"Elephant" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1933
"Ring" bookends (pair)
"Ring" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931; made about 1931–33
"Octaball" bookends (pair)
"Octaball" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1933; made about 1933