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Model 3316 Easy Chair with Ottoman

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Arne Jacobsen, Danish, 1902 – 1971

    Manufacturer

    Fritz Hansen Inc., Denmark

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Lounge chair (a) of ovoid form, upholstered in brown woven fabric, on cast and polished aluminum base consisting of short shaft above four splayed metal feet; seat cushion (b). Ottoman (c) upholsterd in same brown fabric, also on aluminum base.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Fritz Hansen, Inc.

    Date

    1958

    Accession Number

    1971-17-2-a/c

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    chair and ottoman

    Type

    chair and ottoman

    Medium

    steel, fiberglass-reinforced polyurethane foam shell, latex foam rubber, cotton (upholstery)

    Dimensions

    H x W x D (chair (a)): 165 × 87.5 × 75 cm (5 ft. 4 15/16 in. × 34 7/16 in. × 29 1/2 in.)
    H x W x D (ottoman (b)): 43 × 54 × 40.5 cm (16 15/16 × 21 1/4 × 15 15/16 in.)

    manufactured in

    Denmark

    designed in

    Denmark

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    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/kq4f8a95d3d-3347-4f5e-9e4d-8a06796e3d9f

    Record ID

    chndm_1971-17-2-a_c

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

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