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Table
Foujita, born 1886 - died 1968 - Enlarge image
Table
- Place of origin:
France (probably, made)
- Date:
1936-1938 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Foujita, born 1886 - died 1968 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany inlaid with various woods
- Museum number:
W.30-1979
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This low occasional, or coffee, table is one of a set made as part of the furnishings of a French ocean liner, probably the Normandie. The top is inlaid with a selection of small objects as if someone has turned out his pockets for a memory game. These include scissors, a watch, a pair of tortoishell glasses and a box of matches.
The designer was the Japanese artist Foujita who trained in Japan but worked in Paris from 1913, and whose work combined both eastern and western traditions. The table shows a Chinese influence in its overall shape, but the playful decoration of household objects is thoroughly European.