Womb Chair Ottoman, Model No. 74

Eero Saarinen; Knoll Associates

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.

Gallery

Not on view

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

Furniture

Dimensions

16 x 25 1/2 x 20 in. (40.6 x 64.8 x 50.8 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

no marks

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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