Design 
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Don Powell and Robert Kleinschmidt

desk from 860 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

Interior Crafts
USA, 1983
teak, leather, steel 28½ h × 94½ w × 31½ d in (72 × 240 × 80 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $6,250
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Don Powell designed this desk with a unique finger joint. It features a leather surface that is raised 3/8ths of an inch to honor the material and corners that are bull-nosed in acknowledgement of the building's structure.
provenance: Collection of Don Powell, Chicago
literature: Interior Design, September 1985, ppg. 236-237 illustrate in situ

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860 Lake Shore Drive


Image courtesy of Jon Miller (c) Hedrich Blessing
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