Oval metal waste-paper basket with print of fuchsias, c. 1930s
Entry/Object ID
2010.24.9
Description
ACC. NO. 10.24.9
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930's
OBJECT: BASKET, WASTE
DESCRIPTION: AN OVAL-SHAPED METAL WASTE BASKET MOUNTED TO AN OVAL-SHAPED WOODEN BASE WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR GILDED WOODEN BALLS. DECORATIVE DESIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE WASTE CONTAINER IS A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT OF FUCHSIAS AND RED BLOSSOMS AND GREEN LEAVES. IN TURN IT HAS A GILDED BORDER WITH DECORATIVE DESIGN ON A BLACK-COLORED BACKGROUND. BASE OF RECEPTACLE HAS A PRINTED LABEL, "CALIF. TOLE ROBINHOOD WOOD PRODUCTS, LOS ANGELES." BASE AND INTERIOR OF WASTE BASKET ARE PAINTED IN A DEEP RED COLOR.
SIZE: H 14-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A WASTE PAPER BASKET FROM THE OFFICE OR TELEPHONE ROOM OF THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HENRY H. MEYERS' RESIDENCE.
DONOR: ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS
CATALOGED: JUNE 12, 2010
