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Waste Basket
Painted wood

Designed by Donald Deskey (1894-1989)
Manufactured by Deskey-Vollmer Inc.
(1927-31), New York City, ca. 1928

Purchase with funds from the
Decorative Arts Acquisition Trust, 1992.388

This waste basket was created just before the
Depression by Donald Deskey, one of the most
progressive designers in America. Its unusual
bold shape, red interior, and abstract black and
silver decorations suggest the excitement and
fast pace of New York City in the 1920s.