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Object Details

Manufacturer

Knoll Textiles, New York, New York, USA, founded 1947

Designer

David Adjaye, (English, born Tanzania, 1966)

Description

Cantilivered openwork chair, the back with open radiating and vertical lines that merge into a sold seat supported by two raking legs that split into a Y.

Credit Line

Gift of Knoll

Date

2013

Accession Number

2015-11-1

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

furniture
Decorative Arts

Object Name

chair

Type

chair

Medium

aluminum, nickel, steel

Dimensions

H x W x D: 82.6 × 45.7 × 51.4 cm (32 1/2 in. × 18 in. × 20 1/4 in.)

manufactured in

East Greenville, Pennsylvania, 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/kq4cc5c2741-7cdd-4dbb-b52e-646ab407b4ec

Record ID

chndm_2015-11-1

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

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