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Table
Tage Frid (American, born in Denmark, 1915–2004)
1979
Object Place: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/Technique
Cherry
Dimensions
Overall: 87.6 x 101.6 x 45.7 cm (34 1/2 x 40 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Deborah M. Noonan Foundation
Accession Number1979.283
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsFurniture – Tables, stands, screens
DescriptionTable with two drawers, center pedestal base. Unfinished back side for mounting against wall. Pedestal is triangular with chamfered corners, flaring toward bottom. Underside of desk top slants downward from front to back. Raised panel on drawer fronts, underside, and top. Dovetailed construction.
Provenance1979, commissioned from the artist as part of the MFA's Please Be Seated program. (Accession date: June 20, 1979)