Side table

ca. 1972

Not on view

The work of this San Francisco-based designer and decorator incorporates striking originality and wit. The galvanized tin surfaces of this table are molded to simulate the supple draping of fabric, despite being rendered in a rigid material (inspiration came from a tapestry-covered table in the designer's apartment). With its decorative effect and unlikely juxtaposition of material and form, Dickinson's work predates and foreshadows similar experiments in post-modernist design.

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Title: Side table
Designer: John Dickinson (American, 1920–1982)
Date: ca. 1972
Medium: Galvanized tin, brass, steel, plastic
Dimensions: 24 × 28 × 28 in. (61 × 71.1 × 71.1 cm)
Classification: Furniture
Credit Line: Purchase, Reed Krakoff Gift, 2005
Object Number: 2005.17
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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