Artist:Ubunji KidokoroMitsukoshi Ltd.
Medium: Bent bamboo plywood
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Dates:Designed 1937
Dimensions: 31 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. (80.6 x 57.8 x 80 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Decorative Art, 20th-Century Decorative Arts, 4th Floor
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 2011.58.2
Image: CUR.2011.58.2.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Cantilevered armchair in bent bamboo. The arm/leg on each side is a reverse 'C' shape of bent bamboo, a separate reinforced section in bamboo and plywood(?) is placed at each end of the reverse 'C' at the rear of the legs and near the top rail of the chair. The seat is made of several long, individual pieces of bent bamboo, bent into a compressed 'O' at the top of the chair descending down the chair to the front stretcher, the seat area is reinforced underneath with a single bamboo support at front and back; these bent bamboo pieces are held in place by a row of screws, two rows of screws placed at the top rail of the chair and a single row attached to the seat supports and attached to the front stretcher.