Flat Iron Holder

c. 1937

Philip Johnson

Associated Names
Philip Johnson

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a drawing of a metal trivet with a star design. The main object is a trivet with a handle attached to a circular base featuring a star shape in the center, curved supports, and round openings. Above the drawing is a smaller diagram illustrating the trivet from a top and side profile view, marked with measurement lines for dimensional context.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.7 × 28.8 cm (8 15/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 10 5/16" long; 4" wide; 1 1/4" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.3660

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 502, no. 1815.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: P. JOHNSON

Wikidata ID

Q64619433

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