Object Timeline

1973

  • Work on this object began.

1978

  • Work on this object ended.

2024

2025

  • We acquired this object.

  • You found it!

Facade Panel from the Best Products Showroom, Langhorne, Pennsylvania Panel

This is a panel. It was designed by John K. Rauch, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown and made for (as the client) Best Products Company, Inc. and firm: Venturi and Rauch. It is dated 1973–1978 and we acquired it in 2025. Its medium is porcelain-enameled steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mathilde Cohen. It is credited Gift of Mathilde Cohen.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 116.8 × 149.2 × 4.4 cm (46 in. × 58 3/4 in. × 1 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

On one side of panel: "097" or "L60" written in red

Cite this object as

Facade Panel from the Best Products Showroom, Langhorne, Pennsylvania Panel; Designed by Robert Venturi (American, 1925 - 2018), Denise Scott Brown (American, b. 1931), John K. Rauch (American, 1930 – 2022); Client: Best Products Company, Inc.; Firm: Venturi and Rauch; porcelain-enameled steel; H x W x D: 116.8 × 149.2 × 4.4 cm (46 in. × 58 3/4 in. × 1 3/4 in.); Gift of Mathilde Cohen; 2025-15-2

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