Armchair

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Object Details

Designer

Josef Albers, German, 1888–1976, active USA, 1933–1976

Manufacturer

Bauhaus, German, 1919–1933

Credit Line

Lent by The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Dr. Fritz Moellenhoff and Dr. Anna Moellenhoff, 1982.76

Date

ca. 1927

Accession Number

34.2016.7

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

furniture

Exhibitions

Armchair

Medium

Wood, possibly elm, walnut and maple veneers, ebonized fruitwood, modern horsehair pholstery

Dimensions

72.5 x 61.3 x 64.2 cm (28 1/2 x 24 1/8 x 25 1/4 in.)

manufactured in

Dessau, Germany

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ee50c34a-a414-40c3-8bb4-a504a2187e50

Record ID

chndm_34.2016.7

Armchair

Object Details

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Manufacturer

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Date

Accession Number

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