Speed Design

Designed by Michael Graves (American, 1934-2015)
Plaza Dressing Table and Stool, designed 1981
Bird’s-eye maple veneer, other woods, mirrors, lightbulbs, upholstery
84 × 60 × 20 1/2 in.
Gift of the Decorative Arts Collectors 2017.1

Scott Erbes, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, and Suzanne Spencer, Speed Design co-chair, at the Los Angeles home of the Speed’s architect, Kulapat Yantrasast.

Art Smith (American, 1917-1982)
Modern Cuff, about 1948
Copper, brass
4 × 3 in.
Gift of the Decorative Arts Collectors 2016.21

Madeline Yale Wynne (American, 1847-1918)
Chest, 1899
Oak, iron, paint
25 x 39 1/8 x 22 in.
Gift of the Decorative Arts Collectors and Ralph Raby 2003.17.1

Members of Speed Design and Speed Contemporary inhabit an installation work by Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, born 1929).

Attributed to the firm of I. P. Frink, New York City
Hanging Lantern, about 1883
Bronze, brass, stained and painted glass
29 x 15 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.
Purchased with funds from the Decorative Arts Collectors and the Alice Speed Stoll Accessions Fund.
Restored by income from the Marguerite Montgomery Baquie Memorial Trust, 2007 2004.17

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