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Table

Designer Walter von Nessen American, born Germany
Manufacturer Nessen Studio, Inc. American
1930
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Table
  • Designer: Walter von Nessen (American (born Germany), Berlin 1899–1943 Wiscasset, Maine)
  • Manufacturer: Nessen Studio, Inc. (American, New York)
  • Date: 1930
  • Medium: Aluminum, phenol-formaldehyde resin (bakelite)
  • Dimensions: 18 5/8 × 15 1/4 × 15 1/8 in., 11 lb. (47.3 × 38.7 × 38.4 cm, 5 kg)
  • Classification: Furniture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts in memory of Emil Blasberg, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.492.2
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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