Desk
Patrick Gwynne (1913 - 2003)
Category
Furniture
Date
1960 - 1969
Materials
Aluminium, vinyl, terrazzo, iron, paint, leathercloth, beech and pine carcass
Measurements
67 x 245 x 81 cm
Place of origin
Britain
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The Homewood, Surrey
NT 864297
Summary
An aluminium, vinyl and terrazzo drafting and office desk, British, designed by Patrick Gwynne, circa 1960s, the sloped desk top fitted with a white-formica drawing board on the left, a telephone well to the centre, a series of wells/compartments on the right, a dipped section with sliding cover to the front of the desk, the desk surface with black vinyl and leathercloth covering, the sloped sides of the desk top covered in aluminium band, the desk on a black-painted iron column and black terrazzo shaped base.
Provenance
The Homewood and some of its contents were given to the National Trust by Patrick Gwynne in 1999.
Makers and roles
Patrick Gwynne (1913 - 2003), designer