Side Chair
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
Shaw-Walker Company
MEDIUM
Aluminum, wood
DATES
ca. 1940
DIMENSIONS
32 x 17 1/8 x 19 1/2 in. (81.3 x 43.5 x 49.5 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2001.92
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Fernande Ross
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Side chair with aluminum and wood elements. Chair back and back legs formed by continuous piece of squared aluminum tubing bent into inverted "U" shape. Wooden stretcher runs between back stiles about 4" above seat; back splat consisting of five evenly spaced wooden strips running between metal frame at top of chair and wooden stretcher. Wooden seat is trapezoid shape (wider at front) and scooped out to conform to human figure; supported by seat rail of 3 1/2" high aluminum strip with six horizontal grooved channels; this strip runs around the legs and has a soldered seam at center back. Front legs of wood, rectangular in form and taper toward feet. All legs set on metal disks. All parts attached with screws and bolts.
CONDITION: Fair, shows use; scratches and nicks all over in both wood and metal parts, especially at feet.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Shaw-Walker Company. Side Chair, ca. 1940. Aluminum, wood, 32 x 17 1/8 x 19 1/2 in. (81.3 x 43.5 x 49.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Fernande Ross, 2001.92. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2001.92.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2001.92.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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