Womb Chair Ottoman, Model No. 74
Caption
Eero Saarinen (American, born Finland, 1910–1961); Knoll Associates (founded New York, New York, 1938). Womb Chair Ottoman, Model No. 74, designed 1946, made ca. 1959. Chrome-plated tubular steel, fiberglass, latex foam, original upholstery, 16 x 25 1/2 x 20 in. (40.6 x 64.8 x 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sandra Sheppard Rodgers, Gail Sheppard Moloney, Lynn Sheppard Manger, and John W. Sheppard, Jr. from the Estate of their mother, Rose Jackson Sheppard Milbank, by exchange, 2001.37.2.
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Title
Womb Chair Ottoman, Model No. 74
Date
designed 1946, made ca. 1959
Geography
Place manufactured: New York, New York, United States
Medium
Chrome-plated tubular steel, fiberglass, latex foam, original upholstery
Classification
Dimensions
16 x 25 1/2 x 20 in. (40.6 x 64.8 x 50.8 cm)
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no signature
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no inscriptions
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Credit Line
Gift of Sandra Sheppard Rodgers, Gail Sheppard Moloney, Lynn Sheppard Manger, and John W. Sheppard, Jr. from the Estate of their mother, Rose Jackson Sheppard Milbank, by exchange
Accession Number
2001.37.2
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