Designer: Albert Reimann (1874 – 1971)

Item: Reimann Dee Handle candlestick

Description: Riemann’s modernist designs for Chase were short-lived and therefore are very rare.  The Dee Handle candlestick is one his most famous designs.  Examples can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Yale University Art Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and other public collections. 

Manufactured by: Chase Brass and Copper Company

Country of origin: United States

Year made: Ca. 1931

Materials: Copper

Dimensions: 6” x 6 ¾” x 2 ¾” 

Condition: Excellent.  Signed with Chase logo and “Design by Reimann”

References: Weber, Eva. Art Deco in America, Exeter Books, 1985; Duncan, Alastair. American Art Deco, Harry A. Abrams, 1986; Brohan, Torsten and Berg, Thomas. Design Classics: 1880 – 1930, Taschen, 2001; Gordon, John Stewart, A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920 – 1950, Yale University Press, 2011.