Object Details
- Office of
- Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)
- Designer
- Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)
- Draftsman
- Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for bathroom mat with sea motif. Circular format with blue background at the center of which a white biomorphic shape (possibly a sand dollar?) is superimposed by a starfish, a seahorse, a length of coral, and a conch shell with dots, all in hues of salmon, cornflower, black, lighter blue, and white. Signed “DESKEY” in white pastel at lower center.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Donald Deskey
- ca. 1930
- Accession Number
- 1975-11-49
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- interiors
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and blue, white, black and pink gouache, graphite on gray paperboard
- Dimensions
- 25.9 x 25.8 cm (10 3/16 x 10 3/16 in. )
- made in
- New York, NY, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1975-11-49
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4714dc900-6896-4237-8dc3-f7a9b8842870
