"Grasshopper" Highback Armchair

Eero Saarinen

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Caption

Eero Saarinen (American, born Finland, 1910–1961). "Grasshopper" Highback Armchair, Designed ca. 1947, Manufactured ca. 1948. Bentwood, wool, 35 1/2 x 25 3/8 in. (90.2 x 64.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Aaron H. Esman, 78.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Manufacturer

Knoll Associates

Title

"Grasshopper" Highback Armchair

Date

Designed ca. 1947, Manufactured ca. 1948

Geography

Place manufactured: New York, New York, United States

Medium

Bentwood, wool

Classification

Furniture

Dimensions

35 1/2 x 25 3/8 in. (90.2 x 64.5 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

no marks

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Aaron H. Esman

Accession Number

78.2

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