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Artist/Maker	Maclaren, Denham (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Desk; wood, chrome & glass; simple construction with glass pane on the left, attached to a dark wood top and chrome tube back rail runner along the bottom. Four segmented light wood drawers with curved fronts & thick chromed rod handles on the sides.

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Categories	Furniture Black History Woodwork
Object type	Desk
Materials and techniques	Wood, chrome & glass Glass Chrome Wood
Brief description	Desk, wood, chrome & glass, Denham Maclaren, England [London], ca. 1930.
Physical description	Desk; wood, chrome & glass; simple construction with glass pane on the left, attached to a dark wood top and chrome tube back rail runner along the bottom. Four segmented light wood drawers with curved fronts & thick chromed rod handles on the sides.
Dimensions	Height: 90cm Drawers closed, incl. handles width: 128.3cm With one drawer fully open width: 158cm Drawers closed depth: 73cm Weight: 60kg Depth with top drawer partly open - 79cm
Styles	Art Deco Moderne
Gallery label	(pre February 2000) Maclaren designed furniture for Arundell Display from 1926-30, before opening his own showrooms in London. Although he used materials in new ways, he did not investigate their structural possibilities like the functionalist wing of modern design. (February 2000) Maclaren designed furniture for Arundell Display from 1926-30, before opening his own showrooms in London. Most of his furniture was constructed of steel and glass. Reflecting the glamour of Hollywood, this piece tempers the austerity of modernism with sophisticated wit.
Collection	Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number	W.20-1979

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Record created	November 5, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85171/desk-maclaren-denham/

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