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Object Timeline

1915

  • Work on this object began.

1925

  • Work on this object ended.

1968

  • We acquired this object.

2001

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2024

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Side Chair (USA)

This is a side chair. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is dated ca. 1920 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is oak, chintz upholstery [reproduction]. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Tetsuzo Inumaru.

  • Chair
  • ash plywood, chromed steel, original leather.
  • Lent by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Council Fund,....
  • 36.2016.2

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 96 x 39.5 x 49.5 cm (37 13/16 x 15 9/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Small metal label on left side with numbers "448" imprinted.

Cite this object as

Side Chair (USA); Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959); oak, chintz upholstery [reproduction]; H x W x D: 96 x 39.5 x 49.5 cm (37 13/16 x 15 9/16 x 19 1/2 in.); Gift of Tetsuzo Inumaru; 1968-137-1-b

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