Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Armchair, No. 810

Armchair, No. 810

Designer: Richard Meier, born 1934
Manufacturer: Knoll Associates, ca. 1953-present
Medium: Hard maple, laminated hard maple veneer
Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1982
Dimensions: 27 5/8 x 21 x 20in. (70.2 x 53.3 x 50.8cm)
Markings: Impressed on seat bottom behind proper right front leg in script: "RM"
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 1990.86.4
Credit Line: Gift of Knoll International
Image: Overall, 1990.86.4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Ebonized bent maple and laminated maple armchair, Number 810. Black hand-rubbed lacquer urethane finish. U-shaped with hard-edged square profile members. Flat crest-rail and arms in one horizontal bent member. Front vertical legs extended to meet top bent member at right angle. Straight back legs at curve also rise to meet crest rail. Two conforming evenly spaced supports between crest rail and seat. Solid scoop-seat with saddle. Conforming U-shaped stretcher connecting bottom of legs. Four metal slides beneath stretcher. CONDITION - Very good condition. Slight abrasion to top crest rail. Minor nicks to bottom stretcher. Few scratches to seat surface. Proper left front top seat with encrustation.

Collections: Decorative Arts: Armchair, No. 810