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How High the Moon

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Vitra AG, Birsfelden, Switzerland, founded 1950

    Designer

    Shiro Kuramata, Japanese, 1934 - 1991

    Description

    Cubic-form armchair with curved arms and back, composed of welded sheets of steel mesh on four small cylindrical steel mesh feet.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Pulitzer Arts Foundation

    Date

    Designed 1986; this example manufactured 1999

    Accession Number

    2016-40-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Armchair

    Type

    Armchair

    Medium

    Die-cut, assembled and welded nickel-plated steel rib mesh

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 72.2 × 95 × 83 cm (28 7/16 × 37 3/8 × 32 11/16 in.)

    manufactured in

    Switzerland

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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/kq47b968f3a-f727-486a-be98-c1a1a06b4aa1

    Record ID

    chndm_2016-40-1

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