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Lounge Chair, Model 654W

Designer: Jens Risom, American, born Denmark, 1916
Manufacturer: H. G. Knoll Associates, Inc.
Medium: Birch, cotton webbing
Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
Dates: Designed 1941; Manufactured ca. 1946
Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 19 7/8 x 28 in. (75.6 x 50.5 x 71.1 cm)
Markings: Rectangular paper label glued to top of rear leg stretcher: "KNOLL ASSOCIATES INC. [black on red] / 601 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22. N.Y. [black on white]"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 58.121
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Image: Front, 58.121_front_bw_IMLS.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Natural-colored birch armless lounge chair with interwoven strips of brown webbing for seat and back. In elevation: curving, continuous L-shaped back and seat (made of two pieces on each side), supported by four tapering legs that are taller at the front than at the rear. Model 654W.

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