Chest of Drawers / Norman Bel Geddes / Manufactured by The Simmons Company
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.293
- Title
- Chest of Drawers
- Artist
- Norman Bel Geddes
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1893-1958
- Medium and Support
- enameled steel, chrome-plated metal, brass and wood
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1928; produced 1929-1932
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe
- Style/Group/Movement
- Art Deco
- Dimensions
- 111.76 cm x 76.2 cm x 50.8 cm (44 in. x 30 in. x 20 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Furniture and Furniture Accessories
- Primary Object Type
- chest
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- Four-legged black chest of drawers in metal, with contrasting chrome-plated metal in the drawer handles and a thin strip outlining the facade.
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- disciplines
- humanities
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- people and culture
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- sleeping spaces
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2224 x 3337
- File Size
- 993 KB
- Record
- 2012/1.293
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.293/2012_1.293.jpg
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"Chest of Drawers; Norman Bel Geddes; Manufactured by The Simmons Company." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.293/2012_1.293.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
