Desk with light
- Title : Desk with light
- Artist: Camillo Cerri Designer August Tobler Maker
- Accession: TD1992.67.1
- Country: Switzerland Dornach
- Date: 1925 1935
- Dimensions: Inches 78-1/4 59 45, Centimeters 198.8 149.9 114.3
- Collection: Object
- Category: Decorative Arts and Furniture
- Collection Theme: Modernism
- Subject: Furniture/Furniture Design
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: TD1992.67.1.JPG
- Tags: Decorative Arts and Furniture~Modernism
Description:
Cubist-style plywood desk with multiple levels and cabinets on three sides; at left corner between desk top and upper cabinet there is a trapezoid-shaped light fixture fronted by frosted glass; both the main body of the desk and the cabinet extending upward at top left of work surface are composed of multiple hinged cabinets of various quadrilateral shapes featuring squared-off edges and individual locks on each door; single drawer with lock below the work surface.
