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Pair Of Candlesticks From A Console Set

This is a Pair of Candlesticks from a Console Set. It was designed by Erik Magnussen. It is dated 1927. Its medium is sterling silver, ivory, and ebony.

Made two years after Erik Magnussen established a studio in New York and was hired by Gorham, this handmade set, with only Magnussen’s markings, reflects his Danish origins. The set was published in 1929 when exhibited by Arden Studios of the Decorators Club, a female group devoted to elevating public taste through small exhibitions.

It is credited Lent by Yale University Art Gallery, Purchased with a gift from Jacqueline Loewe Fowler and the John P. Axelrod, B.A. 1968, Fund, 2012.61.1.1-.2.

Compote From A Console Set
sterling silver, ivory, and ebony.
Lent by Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, by....
65.2016.4

Vase Vase
silver.
Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.
1962-227-2

Here we have a secretary desk constructed from lumber-core plywood with veneers of Macassar ebony, oak, poplar and mahogany. Its legs are capped with ivory with ivory stripes running up outer sides of front supports. On the bottom of the desk is a horizontal drawer accessed by beaded tassel pulls set in ivory mounts. The desk’s contents are accessed by a key inserted into a keyhole inscribed by inset oval of inlaid ivory. Closed in the first image, there is an accompanying second image where the top half is opened. The interior and writing surface is sheathed in deep oxblood leather. There are more ivory and tasseled-pulls and to provide access to two storage drawers and cabinet on the left side. To the right are open, squared spaces. A ring of rectangular ivory inlay runs around the upper perimeter of the cabinet.

Desk, Tibattant
macassar ebony, ivory, leather, aluminum leaf, silver, silk, oak, lumber-core....
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift,....
66.2016.1

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silver.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1984-134-1

Cubic Coffee Service
silver with gilding and ivory.
Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, The Gorham Collection.....
51.2016.1a/d

Its dimensions are

30.48 x 12.07 cm (12 x 4 3/4 in.)

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/2oaHct/
Accession Number 65.2016.3a,b
Object ID 907214277