Object Details
Manufacturer
Isokon Furniture Company, London, England, United Kingdom, 1935–1939
Designer
Marcel Breuer, American, b. Hungary, 1902–1981
Description
The undulating single panel seat starting from a back-curved head rest and descending on an angled plane to the bottom of spine before heading up to bend at the knee area and descending slightly at calf length, all supported between two curvilinear arms, descending to a cross bar and continuing to form back legs, connecting at the cross brace to seat supports of trapezoidal shape.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of George R. Kravis II, Anonymous Donor, and Judy Francis Zankel
Date
1936
Accession Number
2013-17-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Object Name
chair
Type
chair
Medium
birch (frame), birch-faced plywood (seat)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 74 x 62.6 x 136 cm (29 1/8 x 24 5/8 x 53 9/16 in.)
manufactured in
Estonia
London, England
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2013-17-1