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    Object Details

    Designer

    Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978
    Ray Kaiser Eames, American, 1912–1988

    Manufacturer

    Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Light yellow bucket seat surmounting criss-crossed metal rod legs on curved wooden rockers.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor

    Date

    ca. 1948–50

    Accession Number

    1986-99-46

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Rocking chair

    Type

    Rocking chair

    Medium

    Molded fiberglass-reinforced polyester, bent metal rods, wood, rubber

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 69.5 x 62 x 66 cm (27 3/8 x 24 7/16 x 26 in.)

    manufactured in

    Zeeland, Michigan, 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/kq4aa479228-e5c7-40ac-a427-6f4a7f862bfb

    Record ID

    chndm_1986-99-46

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