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Side Chair,
Accession # 83.108.1
Designer Frank Gehry
Title Side Chair, "Easy Edges"
Date designed 1971; manufactured ca. 1982
Medium Corrugated cardboard, pressed board, wood
Dimensions 33 3/8 x 14 x 23 1/4 in. (84.8 x 35.6 x 59.1 cm)
Marks Unmarked
Credit Line Gift of Paul F. Walter
Location Visible Storage: Case 8, Shelf C (Contemporary Furniture)
Description Chair formed from a single length of cross-laminated corrugated cardboard (27 layers); in profile a double S-curve, the upright back forming the beginning of the top S; the sides covered with a thin layer of pressed board; a wooden dowel serving as glide across rear of base. CONDITION: Contact areas (back, seat, calves, and heels) have wear. General wear to cardboard with many split edges and rough spots.