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Dining Chair, from Purkersdorf Sanatorium

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    J & J Kohn, Vienna, Austria

    Designer

    Josef Hoffmann, Austrian, 1870 – 1956

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Rear legs and squared back frame consist of one piece of tapered, bent beechwood; back is slightly narrower at top than bottom; long, narrow, oval splat framed with bent beechwood and pierced with two columns of fifteen round holes each. Cylindrical front legs. Legs reinforced at seat joint by two carved wooden spheres. Red leather upholstery on seat. Leather-covered studs around perimeter of seat.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase from Combined Funds and through gift of Crane and Co.

    Date

    1904–1905

    Accession Number

    1968-6-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    chair

    Type

    chair

    Medium

    beechwood, leather, metal

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 98.8 x 44.2 x 47.3cm (38 7/8 x 17 3/8 x 18 5/8in.)

    manufactured in

    Austria

    used in

    Vienna, Austria

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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/kq4491fc070-4670-49db-bc3e-de32343a3b71

    Record ID

    chndm_1968-6-1

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

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