Pair of "Skyscraper" dressers
Paul T. Frankl
(American, born in Austria, 1886 – 1958)
about 1927–1928
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueWalnut veneer, coreboard, soft wood, paint, silverplated brass
DimensionsOverall: 190.8 x 152.7 x 50.8 cm (75 1/8 x 60 1/8 x 20 in.)
Width of individual dressers: 76.2 cm
Width of individual dressers: 76.2 cm
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2015.964.1-2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1981, Thanks for the Memories (gallery), Los Angeles; December 5, 1981, sold by TFTM to John Axelrod, Boston; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the MFA; 2015, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 22, 2015)
about 1710
about 1730–60