Paul Frankl, Custom dining set

Paul Frankl
Custom dining set

USA, c. 1930
lacquered wood, leather, lacquered cork, silvered glass
29.75 h × 60 dia in (76 × 152 cm)

This dining set was custom designed by Paul Frankl for a project in La Jolla, California. Set includes dining table and ten chairs measuring: 32 h x 19.5 w x 22 d inches. Sold with two 24-inch leaves; table measures 108 inches when fully extended.

Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist for a private residence, La Jolla, CA | Modernism Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

Exhibited: Art Deco Museum, Miami Beach, 2012-2018

Literature: American Art Deco Furniture, Emmett, ppg. 38-39 illustrates this example

This work can be previewed, and collected from, Wright in Chicago.
Condition Report: Each chair shows minor surface wear to leather, with few small losses to lacquer along lower areas of legs, all keeping within the boundaries of normal use. Leather was updated at some point. Table was repainted as needed over time. Small abraded areas to perimeter of top while skirt shows stable separations to underlying joinery. Cork base exhibits impressions and surface wear commensurate with contact over time, while showing areas of filler under closer examination. Overall set shows in good vintage condition and is ready for use.