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Armchair

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Attributed to

Henry Turchin, American, 1891 - 1967

Design Director

Lewis Dierra, American, b. Hungary, 1912, active 1930s-1980s

Description

Tub-type armchair formed from single upright curved sheet of thick transparent plate glass with D-shaped seat cushion upholstered in gray fabric (not original); seat supported by three metal fittings inserted through glass on left and right sides, and back.

Credit Line

Museum purchase through gift of George R. Kravis II and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund

Date

ca. 1947

Accession Number

2013-1-1

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

furniture
Decorative Arts

Object Name

chair

Type

chair

Medium

glass, metal, textile

Dimensions

H x W x D: 71.8 x 54 x 56.5 cm (28 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)

manufactured in

Pittsburgh, USA

See more items in

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq478788bb7-9481-4021-a28a-5a26aeeeb25e

Record ID

chndm_2013-1-1

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Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs with ottoman.

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