Object Details
Designer
Tokujin Yoshioka, Japanese, b. 1967
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Roughly cylindrical form of thin paper layers fanned out to form chair; the front and top cut and shaped to form contoured seat, low arms, and back, the seat further compressed and contoured by designer sitting in chair.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Friends of Product Design and Decorative Arts Fund through gift of Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer
Date
2001
Accession Number
2008-6-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice
© Tokujin Yoshioka
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Object Name
chair
Type
chair
Medium
paper
Dimensions
H x W x D: 81.3 x 79.1 x 81.3 cm (32 x 31 1/8 x 32 in.)
made in
Japan
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2008-6-1