Object Details
Designer
Tom Loeser, American, born 1956
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Folding armchair (a,b) composed of flat wood elements painted purple with pink and green stippling, cylindrical and conical wood elements, and metal rods. Proper left side composed of a flat L-shaped member forming the leg and armrest; back left leg composed of a straight metal rod with an inverted cone-shaped wooden foot. Proper right side with slanting arm rest hinged to upper right of chair back and connected to the seat by a long removeable metal pin (b) with cone-shaped finial. Back composed of an L-shaped member with cylindrical wooden backrest; back secured at upper left corner by metal rod with an inverted cone-shaped finial. When pin (b) is removed, chair collapses to form a flat rectangular panel to hang from a wide, L-shaped wall-mounted bracket (c,d) with same painted surface.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment
Date
1984
Accession Number
1985-29-1-a/d
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Object Name
armchair
Type
armchair
Medium
maple (wood), paint, metal
Dimensions
H x W x D (a, open): 87.5 x 72.5 x 56 cm (34 7/16 x 28 9/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
H x W x D (a, folded): 87.5 x 72.5 x 9 cm (34 7/16 x 28 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
H x W x D (d): 5 x 16 x 1.6 cm (1 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 5/8 in.)
H x W x D (c): 17 x 66 x 13.5 cm (6 11/16 x 26 x 5 5/16 in.)
H x diam. (b): 26 x 2.9 cm (10 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
manufactured in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1985-29-1-a_d