Dressing table, 1929 Designed by Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber (American, b. Germany, 1889-1963), Hollywood, CA TD1990.314.8 The dressing table’s glossy, lacquered surface and parallel, horizontal bands in silver painting emulated the emerging machine aesthetic of metal industrial products, such as the Perey turnstile. Its overall shape suggests the set-back tops of skyscrapers. Weber miniaturized the sheer scale of the skyscraper – an icon of modernity – so that it would fit comfortably into a domestic environment. Back to American Industrial Design Main Back to Collections Main