Collections: Decorative Arts: Side Chair, Model 420-2

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Side Chair, Model 420-2

• Designer: Harry Bertoia, American, born Italy, 1915-1978
• Manufacturer: H. G. Knoll Associates, Inc.
• Medium: Rubber-coated metal, metal, vinyl
• Place Manufactured: USA
• Dates: Designed 1952-53; this example manufactured 1959
• Dimensions: 30 1/8 x 21 x 22 1/4 in. (76.5 x 53.3 x 56.5 cm)
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1992.93.17
• Credit Line: Bequest of William K Jacobs Jr
• Image: Overall, 1992.93.17.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Harry Bertoia (American, born Italy, 1915-1978). Side Chair, Model 420-2, Designed 1952-53; this example manufactured 1959. Rubber-coated metal, metal, vinyl, 30 1/8 x 21 x 22 1/4 in. (76.5 x 53.3 x 56.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of William K Jacobs Jr, 1992.93.17 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.93.17.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Model 420-2, Side chair of white rubber-coated metal and black metal rods, with seat pad upholstered in orange vinyl. Chair formed by rectangular piece of white, rubber-coated wire grid bent into a continuous seat and back with rounded corners and sides. Seat bolted to supporting base composed a single length of black metal rod bent into slightly raised platform (rod starts / ends at front, rises to seat rail that runs along each side, then down to a kind of stretcher across back). This base is soldered to the tops of four canted legs, made of a single length of black metal rod bent into shape (rod starts / ends at top of back legs, runs along floor between front and back legs, and runs across front of chair at top of legs). Rectangular seat cushion is thin pad of foam rubber covered with orange vinyl; attaches to seat with straps and snap on underside. CONDITION: Good; chair has all-over dirt and several scratches on legs; pad is dirty and strap is stretched out.