Folding Corner Table
1937 (made)
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Folding corner table of green-painted plywood.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Joined plywood sheets, painted |
| Brief description | Folding table, painted plywood, Gerald Summers(?) for Makers of Simple Furniture Ltd, London, 1937 |
| Physical description | Folding corner table of green-painted plywood. |
| Object history | This table was made for Miss Valerie Cooper, a teacher of movement, for her studio at 8 Fitzroy Street, London. It was possibly originally painted black. In 1940 the studio was bombed and Miss Cooper moved to another address in London and later to Richmond. It was purchased by the V&A from Dr Violet MacDermott in 1977 (RF 77/560). |
| Bibliographic reference | Thornton, Peter. ‘A Very Special Year: The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Furniture Acquisitions in 1977’. Connoisseur, vol 198, no 196, June 1978. |
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| Accession number | W.23-1977 |
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| Record created | March 9, 2007 |
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