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various propertiesDonald Deskey, An Early Edition Paramount Billiard Table, ca. 1937, manufactu...

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
various propertiesDonald Deskey, An Early Edition Paramount Billiard Table, ca. 1937, manufactu...
various properties Donald Deskey
An Early Edition "Paramount" Billiard Table, ca. 1937
manufactured by Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company; plywood,
curly maple and walnut veneers, leather and chromed metal, with new felt and slate; stamped "T149" and with manufacturer's labels
32 x 57 1/2 x 102 1/4 in.
(81.3 x 145.5 x 259.5 cm)
Estimate: $30,000-50,000
Literature
David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher,
Donald Deskey: Decorative Designs
and Interiors, New York, 1987, p. 29
Deskey had an ongoing relationship with the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company to build large bowling and recreational centers. These centers often included a number of pool tables. The "Paramount" table offered here was designed ca. 1937, and Deskey was granted a patent for its design in 1939 (United States Patent No. D115,647). Promotional materials described it as "one of the most striking and outstanding values ever presented with a maximum of solidity and rigidity" (Donald Deskey Collection, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Box 2). It also won a prize at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris.