Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012
Twelve-piece vanity set
designed and made 1934
Manufactured by Tiffany & Co.
Designed by Arthur Leroy Barney
Overall: 42.2 x 40.6 x 33.3 cm (16 5/8 x 16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Silver, mahogany, mirrorred glass, Bakelite, velvet
Classification: Silver hollowware
Object Place: New York, New York
Accession number: 2011.1649.1-12
Location: John Axelrod Gallery (American Modern: The 1920s and 30s)
Provenance/Ownership History: By 1987, owned by Drucker Antiques, Brooklyn, NY; October 30, 1987, purchased from Drucker Antiques (with the professional assistance of consultant Janet Zapata of Short Hills, New Jersey) by John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the MFA; 2011, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
The John Axelrod Collection