Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Armchair

Armchair

Designer: Louis Dierra
Manufacturer: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Medium: Glass, upholstery, metal fittings
Place Manufactured: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Dates: ca. 1939
Dimensions: 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm)
Markings: no marks
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, 5th floor
Accession Number: 84.180
Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
Image: Overall, 84.180_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Armchair, glass with upholstered seat and metal fittings. Simple, tub armchair formed from a single upright sheet of thick plate glass, bent and curved to form the vertical supporting structure of a chair. Set horizontally into the center of this is a thick, upholstered cushion. CONDITION: Numerous small surface scratches. Noticeable chip at center of back at base (about 1 1/2 x 1/2" barely into the surface.)

Collections: Decorative Arts: Armchair