Double-sided wastebasket in the shape of an inverted triangle with two triangular feet and a red interior. One side shows a black background with light rays emanating from top right corner and a skyscraper stack at center. Other side shows an arc curving from top right corner and a stack of half circles at center.

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Object Timeline

1928	Work on this object began.
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Wastebasket, 1928

This is a Wastebasket. It was designed by Donald Deskey. It is dated 1928 and we acquired it in 2018. Its medium is painted wood with silver leaf.

Donald Deskey’s decorative furnishings included this waste basket of about 1928, which evokes both skyscrapers and electrical lights, and uses the same strong geometries and color contrasts seen on some of his screens. These objects could be mixed with Deskey’s own chrome and mixed-media furniture or Paul Frankl’s Skyscraper forms.

This object was donated by Jacqueline Loewe Fowler. It is credited Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler.

Archives, Donald Deskey Archive
magazine and newspaper clippings, reviews, correspondence, renderings, floor....
1975-11-77

a) Flat bottle with plastic screw-cap and paper label bearing "Aqua Velva" monogram and fitted legend. b) folding cardboard box bearing "Aqua Velva" monogram and legend. c) folding cardboard box, a smaller version of "B". Labels and boxes printed in metallic blue, gold, and silver on white with black printing.

Aqua Velva Bottle And Box, 1956
glass, paper.
1957-43-1-a/c

Drawing, Design for Wastebasket or Table Lamp

Drawing, Design for Wastebasket or Table Lamp
graphite, red, green color pencil on tracing paper.
1988-101-838

Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.

Screen
silver leaf, lacquered wood, cast metal (hinges).
2018-22-29

Drawing depicts an abstract cityscape in an angular perspective.

Drawing, Abstract Cityscape, 1929–30
graphite, orange crayon on wove paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1992-127-1

Two-tiered rectilinear form, the chromed, bent tubular metal frame with rectangular clear glass top surmounted by square clear glass shelf.

End Table (USA), ca. 1933–35
bent chromed metal, glass.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2006-4-1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 34.9 × 34.9 × 22.5 cm (13 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Wastebasket, 1928; Designed by Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); painted wood with silver leaf; H x W x D: 34.9 × 34.9 × 22.5 cm (13 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler; 2018-29-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2FYP44/
Accession Number 2018-29-2
Object ID 1108784669