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    Object Details

    Designer

    Bruno Mathsson, Swedish, 1907 - 1988
    Elsa Gullberg, (Swedish, 1886–1984)
    Arthur Percy, (Swedish, 1886–1976)

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Shaped, bent birchwood armchair (a), the frame with high contoured back and curved seat, upholstered in tan webbing; short, sinuous bentwood arms; four curved tapering legs. En suite with ottoman (b), the sinuous bent birchwood frame up-curved at end, upholstered in tan webbing; four curved and canted tapering legs. Thick, rectangular cushion (c) covered in orange and tan woven fabric in the "Percybald" (Percy Leaf) pattern showing large flowers and leaves.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. David V. Becker

    Date

    1943

    Accession Number

    1992-177-1-a/c

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Lounge chair, ottoman and cushion

    Type

    Lounge chair, ottoman and cushion

    Medium

    Bent birch, webbing (bast), woven cotton

    Dimensions

    H x W x D (chair): 92.1 × 64.8 × 99.1 cm (36 1/4 in. × 25 1/2 in. × 39 in.)
    H x W x D (ottoman): 41.9 × 50.8 × 65.4 cm (16 1/2 in. × 20 in. × 25 3/4 in.)
    H x W x D (cushion): 13 × 53.5 × 25.6 cm (5 1/8 × 21 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

    made in

    Varnamo, Sweden

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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/kq4afba9330-4901-4629-b85e-54490d0abbb2

    Record ID

    chndm_1992-177-1-a_c

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