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Oka Chair

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Michele Oka Doner, American, b. 1945

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Flat disk seat on four straight cylindrical legs; back composed of cast bronze painter’s palette decorated with spirals; "crest rail" consisting of a horizontal rod, a headless figure below the rod, to left of palette, and six different sized heads sitting on the rod; three cast bronze heads situated between the seat and back, supporting the back, with a fourth head to the right.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hootkin and Maria Friedrich

    Date

    1989

    Accession Number

    1991-73-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    side chair

    Type

    side chair

    Medium

    bronze

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 87 x 48 x 49 cm (34 1/4 x 18 7/8 x 19 5/16 in.)

    made in

    USA

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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/kq4f91c6ee0-701c-419f-9d7b-4b10d2c6aa3b

    Record ID

    chndm_1991-73-1

    Discover More

    Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs with ottoman.

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