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    Object Details

    Designer

    Marcel Breuer, American, b. Hungary, 1902–1981

    Manufacturer

    Standard-Möbel, Dessau, Germany

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Rectilinear chair frame consisting of intersecting bent tubular steel elements secured with screws and nuts; orange canvas panels stretched over frame to form back, seat, and arm rests.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Laredo

    Date

    designed 1925, manufactured ca. 1927–28

    Accession Number

    1956-10-1-a,b

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    chair

    Type

    chair

    Medium

    chrome, steel, canvas

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 72.8 x 77 x 68cm (28 11/16 x 30 5/16 x 26 3/4in.)

    manufactured in

    Germany

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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/kq4025efac1-97ce-418e-bed0-c57aed4953ee

    Record ID

    chndm_1956-10-1-a_b

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