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"Skyscraper" bookcase/pedestal


"Skyscraper" end table
Designed by: Paul T. Frankl (American, born in Austria, 1886 – 1958)
about 1930
Object Place: New York, New York

Medium/Technique Painted wood and glass
Dimensions Overall: 60.5 x 45.7 x 37.7 cm (23 13/16 x 18 x 14 13/16 in.)
Glass (not original): H 0.55 cm x W 36 cm x D 27.8 cm
Credit Line The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2015.963
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas

Marks Metal label on underside: "SKY/SCRAPER / FURNITURE / FRANKL GALLERIES / 4 EAST 48th St. NEW YORK"
ProvenanceBy 2002, owned by 330 (gallery); December 14, 2002, acquired via trade by John Axelrod, Boston, MA; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the MFA; 2015, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 22, 2015)