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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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2016-40-1