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Table Thing

Table
1968 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Six sided folded table, blue fibreboard

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleTable Thing
Materials and techniques
Brief description
'Table Thing', English, 1968, designed by Peter Murdoch and made by Perspective Designs Ltd.
Physical description
Six sided folded table, blue fibreboard
Dimensions
  • Height: 34cm
  • Maximum extent width: 58cm
  • Minimum extent depth: 49.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • TABLE THING (Impressed into underside of assembled top)
  • D (embossed into 6 flaps underside of base)
  • PATENT/ APPLIED FOR (on two flaps)
Credit line
Given by the Council of Industrial Design
Object history
Historical significance: Winner of Design Centre Award in 1968.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.794-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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