
"Diamond" Armchair
- Artist: Harry Bertoia (Designer)
- Medium: Steel, plastic, rubber, cotton
- Geographical Location: New York, New York, USA
- Dates: Designed 1952; Manufactured ca. 1970
- Dimensions: Overall: 30 x 34 x 28 in. (76.2 x 86.4 x 71.1 cm.)
Height of seat: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm.)
- Markings: Printed rectangular paper label afixed to seat interior, below cushion: Knoll International / 320 PARK Avenue / New york, NY 10022 (logo, capital "K" in a red circle).
- Signature: no signaure
- Inscriptions: no inscriptions
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 5, Shelf A
- Accession Number: 78.128.8
- Image: 78.128.8_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,
Catalogue Description:
Continuous diamond-shaped wire frame with central depression forming seat. Four thin, straight, canted tubular steel legs and front stretcher below seat formed from one continuous bent rod that is welded to a continuous tubular, metal squared support. The support in turn supports the seat and is connected by four bolts. Upholstered with polyurethane foam covered by red cotton cloth with conforming central horizontal seam.
CONDITION: Very good. Upholstery is extremely dusty.
