Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Side Chair

Side Chair

Medium: Chromium plated tubular steel, canvas
Place Made: USA
Dates: mid 1930s
Dimensions: 32 x 16 x 21 in. (81.3 x 40.6 x 53.3 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 59.236.3
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Zalstem-Zalessky
Image: Overall, 59.236.3_reference_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Simple cantilevered armless chair in the style of Bauhaus furniture by Marcel Breuer; frame appears to be made from a continuous length of chromium plated tubular steel. In profile, the frame consists of a flat base, curving into straight front legs, then into a seat parallel to and roughly the same depth of the base, finally rising into a straight back. All of the corners are rounded. Continuous seat and back made of woven strips of canvas webbing. CONDITION: Good.

Collections: Decorative Arts: Side Chair