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Design for Convair 880 Airplane Club Area

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Dorothy Draper, (American, 1889–1969)

    Office of

    Dorothy Draper & Co., Inc., New York, New York, USA

    Client

    General Dynamics Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia, USA

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Horizontal rectangle. Design for airplane club area interior showing three groups of seats, two rows of two facing towards each other, each with a white shell upon a wood-veneered base with white and red chevron upholstery. Gray carpet shown underneath chairs, with gray striped carpet in foreground. A wooden panel behind the chairs in background divides the area from the rest of the plane. Five airplane windows visible with shades open, overhead compartment above, each group of chairs with a separate console and air vent.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Carleton Varney and Richard Hunnings

    Date

    1957

    Accession Number

    1977-106-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    interiors

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Airbrushed gouache, brush and gold paint, graphite on illustration board

    Dimensions

    H x W: 50.5 × 70.5 cm (19 7/8 × 27 3/4 in.)

    made in

    New York, NY, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43caee90d-81c9-4efb-a79b-5929d92930c6

    Record ID

    chndm_1977-106-1

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