Pair of Chrome Elephant Bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase USA camel evolving through experimentation into unorthodox

evolving through experimentation into unorthodox uses of the components

18” seat height 27

The chair has a simple construction in tubular bronze with a patinated finish

25" diameter x 34

9" shade diameter

Pair of Chrome Elephant Bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase USA camel evolving through experimentation into unorthodoxPair of chrome bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase, c. 1930s, USA. The pair of bookends feature two chrome plated brass elephants with curved tubular bodies and geometric shaped heads with delicate trunks. They rest upon a rectangular enameled base. The Chase Brass and Copper Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, was founded in 1876, and for most of its existence produced industrial metal parts. During the 1930s, part of their focus shifted to the