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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Emeco, Hanover, PA, USA, founded 1940

    Designer

    Jasper Morrison, British, born 1959

    Description

    Tall side chair with rounded back and flat seat on four straight, thin cylindrical legs. An elliptical hole in the back of the seat serves as a handle.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Emeco

    Date

    2015

    Accession Number

    2015-25-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Copyright Notice

    © Emeco

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Chair

    Type

    Chair

    Medium

    Milled polypropylene and wood fiber, ash

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 80 × 43.2 × 50.2 cm (31 1/2 in. × 17 in. × 19 3/4 in.)

    designed in

    London, United Kingdom

    made in

    Hanover and Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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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/kq4620ce5d9-3b90-4009-8ece-590fd7b98918

    Record ID

    chndm_2015-25-1

    Discover More

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

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