- Product:
- Sofa
- Manufacturer:
- Phillips
- Architonic ID:
- 4102860
- Country:
- United States
- Category:
- Furnishings
- Address
- Telephone
- Website
Key facts
Product description
Chromed tubular steel and lacquered wood with leather upholstery; together with the original fabric upholstery.
271/2 x 851/4 x 333/4 in.
(70 x 216.5 x 86.7 cm)
Provenance:
Walter Chrysler
Maison Gerard, New York
Literature:
Advertisement for Ypsilanti Flekrom Furniture, Furniture Record, May 1930, p. 33
David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher, Donald Deskey: Decorative Designs and Interiors, New York, 1987, pp. 54 and 177
His initial foray into design came when Paul Frankl commissioned a variety of Deskey's screens and retailed them through his gallery. Soon thereafter, Deskey received commissions to redesign interiors for important clients, including Adam Gimbel and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Perhaps his most famous interior was that of Radio City Music Hall.
Even as Deskey was working on important private interiors, he was also involved in designing for mass production. In 1928, he received his first contract to work for the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company in Iona, Michigan, redoing their line of rattan furniture, but also convincing them to produce a line of tubular steel furniture, sometimes including wicker seats. Although tubular steel furniture had been in production in Europe for a few years, the Ypsilanti Flekrom line, as it was named, was among the earliest efforts in this field in the United States. The sofa offered here features lacquered-wood arms, each of which has a pull-out ashtray and a small storage compartment.
271/2 x 851/4 x 333/4 in.
(70 x 216.5 x 86.7 cm)
Provenance:
Walter Chrysler
Maison Gerard, New York
Literature:
Advertisement for Ypsilanti Flekrom Furniture, Furniture Record, May 1930, p. 33
David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher, Donald Deskey: Decorative Designs and Interiors, New York, 1987, pp. 54 and 177
His initial foray into design came when Paul Frankl commissioned a variety of Deskey's screens and retailed them through his gallery. Soon thereafter, Deskey received commissions to redesign interiors for important clients, including Adam Gimbel and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Perhaps his most famous interior was that of Radio City Music Hall.
Even as Deskey was working on important private interiors, he was also involved in designing for mass production. In 1928, he received his first contract to work for the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company in Iona, Michigan, redoing their line of rattan furniture, but also convincing them to produce a line of tubular steel furniture, sometimes including wicker seats. Although tubular steel furniture had been in production in Europe for a few years, the Ypsilanti Flekrom line, as it was named, was among the earliest efforts in this field in the United States. The sofa offered here features lacquered-wood arms, each of which has a pull-out ashtray and a small storage compartment.