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1918

  • We acquired this object.

1930

  • Work on this object began.

1939

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Garden or Terrace Chair in Painted Metal

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1930s and we acquired it in 1918. Its medium is graphite on white tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 25.2 × 18.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Suggestion for Garden or Terrace / Chair in Painted Metal. ; in graphite, lower center: C; in graphite, lower right: BERNARD HEATHERLEY. / Metalworker. / 3811. Irving Street. / PHILADELPHIA . PA .; in graphite, bottom, in a different hand: furniture -- Garden furniture -- U.S.A. -- 20th century

Cite this object as

Drawing, Garden or Terrace Chair in Painted Metal; USA; graphite on white tracing paper; H x W: 25.2 × 18.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.); 1918-50-5

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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