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    Object Details

    Designer

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

    Manufacturer

    Standard-Möbel, Dessau, Germany

    Description

    Upright, rectangular bent tubular steel frame; back and seat consisting of panels of brown Eisengarn canvas.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund

    Date

    1926–27

    Accession Number

    2007-9-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Side chair

    Type

    Side chair

    Medium

    Bent chrome-plated tubular steel, Eisengarn (parafin treated cotton canvas)

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 84 x 47 x 62.5 cm (33 1/16 x 18 1/2 x 24 5/8 in.)

    manufactured in

    Dessau, 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/kq46074613e-2382-44f1-a1df-8cd89bfb9753

    Record ID

    chndm_2007-9-1

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