Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Attributed to
- Henry Turchin, American, 1891 - 1967
- Design Director
- Louis Dierra, American, n.d.
- Description
- Tub-type armchair formed from single upright curved sheet of thick transparent plate glass with D-shaped seat cushion upholstered in woven fabric with orange and yellow grid pattern (not original); seat supported by three metal fittings inserted through glass on left and right sides, and back.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of George R. Kravis II and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
- ca. 1948
- Accession Number
- 2013-1-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- chair
- Type
- chair
- Medium
- glass, metal, textile
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 71.8 x 54 x 56.5 cm (28 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
- manufactured in
- Pittsburgh, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2013-1-1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq478788bb7-9481-4021-a28a-5a26aeeeb25e
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