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Ashtray
Designed by: Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989)
Manufactured by: Deskey-Vollmer, Inc. (active 1927–1931)
Manufactured by: Deskey-Vollmer, Inc. (active 1927–1931)
designed about 1927; produced 1927–1931
Object Place: New York, New York
Medium/Technique
Chromium-plated metal
Dimensions
Overall: 8.57 x 10.16 x 5.08 cm (3 3/8 x 4 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2008.1417
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsDecorative arts
DescriptionThe ashtray is composed as a pyramid of three inverted, triangular boxes. Two sit flush, side by side. The third sits atop the meeting point of the other two, forming a tower. A semicircle is cut out of the exterior edge of one of the lower boxes.
ProvenanceBy 1985, owned by Alan Moss (dealer), New York, New York; 1985, sold by Alan Moss to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, given by John Axelrod to the MFA (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)