Table

c. 1937

Alfred Walbeck

Associated Names
Alfred Walbeck

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a drawing of a wooden drop-leaf table design. It features a detailed rendering of a wooden table with a drop-leaf feature, shown in color centrally, with the table depicted standing on slender legs with small caster wheels. Surrounding this are technical drawings in black and white showing different views and details of the table; one showing the side view of the leg with the text '1 1/8" = 1’ ', another presenting an overhead view with the drop-leaf extended, and a third providing additional detail of the table edge also with the same scale notation. The layout and style imply a precise and technical representation, often used in furniture design to convey construction details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.1 x 28 cm (9 1/8 x 11 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 28"high; 55"long; 45"wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.5587


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: A. WALBECK.; (scale indications elsewhere)

Wikidata ID

Q64534441

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