Not on display

Desk

ca. 1929 (made)
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.

Object details

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 createdNovember 5, 2003
Record URL
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