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Contoured tubular aluminum frame with close fitting deep orange canvas cover stretched over back and seat. Removeable outer cover of yellow vinyl.

"Barwa" Chair, introduced 1947
bent tubular aluminum, canvas.
Gift of Edgar Bartolucci.
2000-17-1

This object was made by Barwa Associates.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Wide, curved, open-form lounge chair made of laminated shaped strips of corrugated cardboard; masonite layer on left and right sides. Seat and back are formed by the edges of layered cardboard strips; rectangular base.

Easy Edges Lounge Chair, ca. 1971
cut corrugated cardboard, masonite.
Gift of William Woolfenden.
1988-79-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Object ID #18493185

Object ID #18493185
lacquered wood, chrome-plated metal, molded rubber.
1977-71-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Armchair (USA), ca. 1930

Armchair (USA), ca. 1930
fruitwood, metal, upholstery.
Gift of Mrs. Paul Dahlstrom.
1977-104-1-a/c

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

This rocking chair has a frame of light wood with large bulbous ends. Along the top of the chair are five of the large bulbous ends creating a high back. The rest of the chair consists of darker semi-circles weaved into the frame and each other.

Rocking Chair (USA), ca. 1920
maple.
Gift of the Hulla family in memory of Mark Wilson Hulla.
1987-37-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Various prototypes and objects from Don Wallance Archive, including: One protype chair consisting of bucket-type seat on metal shaft with four splayed feet; covered in red woven fabric; one prototype of a folding chair(?) ("LLL"): flat plywood seat and back mounted on bent tubular metal frame, hinged under seat; two chair elements: one roughly triangular metal chair-frame part(?) with oval tubular metal brace near apex ("MMM"); one roughly U-shaped tubular metal chair-frame part(?) ("NNN"). Cutlery, tableware and other prototypes.

Don Wallance objects Archives, mid-20th century
various.
Gift of David and Gregory Wallance.
1991-81-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Bow-shaped joined crest rail above similarly shaped shoulders, over a back support of twisting horns. Similarly composed arm supports, centering a leather upholstered seat on four twisting cow-horn legs terminating in brass claw-and-glass ball feet. The front feet enclose opposing twisting horn returns. Part of group with ottoman 1986-39-2.

Armchair (USA), ca. 1885
assembled and pinned steer horn, cut and shaped horn sheets, wood, metal,....
Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen.
1986-39-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Enameled tubular steel base and and cotton wrapped upholstery. Manufactured by Van Keppel-Green.

Lounge Chair (USA), 1939
enameled bent tubular steel, cotton cord.
Gift of Powell/Kleinschmidt.
1997-111-1

This object was made by Van Keppel-Green.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Gold-toned curvilinear single-piece body comprising projecting legs below low, wide curved seat with wide arms and tongue-shaped back.

Triad Chair, 2006
gilt fiberglass.
Gift of Wendell Castle, Courtesy of Barry Friedman, Ltd..
2008-27-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Stacked layers of cut wool felt laminated with water-based glue to form a solid form of set-back layers on four stainless steel legs set at angles to the upright rectangular outline of the chair.

Relief Chair, 2008
wool felt, stainless steel.
Gift of Ben K. Mickus.
2009-21-1

This object was made by Sutherland Felt.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

High-backed lounge chair with bentwood elements forming continuous arms/legs; upholstered in grey wool.

Model 61 Chair, ca. 1950
bent laminated birch, upholstery.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-59

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

L-shaped cushioned chair in speckled cream and brown; resting on V-shaped chrome stand.

Unicorn Chair, 1960
molded polyfoam, cast aluminum, wool upholstery.
Gift of Vladimir Kagan.
1991-163-1

This object was made by Vladimir Kagan Designs, Inc..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Lounge chair composed of three molded plywood shells, covered on their upper sides with leather-upholstered cushioning. The armrests are also padded with foam and covered in leather. The chair and ottoman rest on cast aluminum swivel bases with polished and matte black surfaces; the aluminum back braces are finished in the same way.

No. 670 (chair), No. 671 (ottoman) Chair And Ottoman, 1956
rosewood, leather, metal, upholstered cushions (filled with down, duck....
Gift of Robert Blaich.
1977-1-2-a,b

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Angular, wing-armed chair, arms splayed outwards, deep rhomboid seat; upholsted in tan fabric with brown and green printed motif of birds fluttering or perched among leafy branches; four tapered wooden block feet.

Armchair (USA), ca. 1945
wood, upholstery.
Gift of James M. Osborn.
1969-97-8-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Padded rectangular backrest cushion in same silk fabric as upholstered seat. Straight legs, breadth of placement tapering towards back of chair. Armchair sides flare, moving down from the top of the seat back and outwards towards the front of the chair, forming L-shaped armrests. Rosewood frame visible at chair's base, but covered in green upholstery.

Armchair (USA), 1967
rosewood with full lacquer finish, upholstery in korean warp-printed silk....
Gift of Dunbar Furniture Co..
1971-20-1-a/c

This object was made by Dunbar Furniture Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Cast aluminum frame with four legs, with open strut support system. Frame coated with epoxy paint. Base of walnut with webbed support. Struts continue from legs up back of sofa to support two shaped walnut horizontal elements. Seat and back upholstered in leather with rectangular paneled cushions. Two rectangular horizontal arms with similar cushions.

ES 108 Sofa, 1984
aluminum, walnut, leather, epoxy, urethane foam, polyster fiber.
Gift of Herman Miller, Inc..
1985-98-1

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Constructed of stack-laminated wood planks, carved and worked into a smooth body of organic form, bulbous on sides and curving in at center (roughly peanut-shaped); bisected along horizontal axis where lid, hinged at back, meets bottom of chest; bottom flows into base formed as tapering cylinder with domed foot; the lid with three up-curved projections at top center (central projection serves as grip to raise lid). Interior fitted with removable wooden housing for two stereo components: turntable on left, stereo/radio receiver on right; inset pierced with rows of circular holes in front of and behind receiver; black leather strap in center, one end attached to cavity of lid, the other attached to stereo housing.

Chest For Stereo (USA), 1973
stack-laminated and carved walnut, metal, leather, stereo components.
Gift of Linda and Irwin R. Berman.
2005-9-1-a/e

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Diamond shaped white-coated metal wire mesh seat unit with blue woven upholstery; black-coated wire stand.

Small Diamond Chair, ca. 1957
bent plastic-coated metal wire, woven cotton upholstery, foam rubber.
Gift of the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material....
2011-22-1

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fabric-webbed back and seat placed into bent wood frame. Front and back legs continious with armrails; one piece of bent wood on each side of chair. Seat frame also of bent wood, with rectilinear crest and seat rails.

Chair (USA), ca. 1940
bent wood, fabric webbing.
1980-5-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Base consisting of a continuous, ribbon-like curved mass of layered corrogated cardboard topped by a separate horizontal corrogated cardboard sheet acting as a cushion.

Bubbles Chaise Longue, ca. 1988
layered and bent corrugated cardboard.
Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt,....
2012-3-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Bulbus L-form stool composed of narow, wrapped and interwoven strips of recycled aluminum.

Steel Tongue Stool Prototype, 2005
wrapped and interwoven aluminum strips.
The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
2013-50-41

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Low rectilinear form, the seat/arms and rectangular back upholstered in yellow-green; form trimmed with strip of khaki green vinyl welting running horizontally through center; removeable rectangular seat cushion upholstered in orange and pink striped woven textile; cast tubular aluminum posts support back; four short splayed cast tubular aluminum legs with circular pad feet.

Braniff Airways Model 66310 Armchair, ca. 1968
woven textile upholstery of cotton (46%), wool (33%), and nylon (21%), with....
Gift of George R. Kravis II in honor of Caroline Baumann.
2013-37-1

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Cube-form armchair on bent stainless steel base; tan leather upholstery with channel back; base and chair on spring construction.

"Cubo" chair, no. 7012 Armchair, ca. 1976
bent steel, leather, foam.
Gift of Vladimir Kagan.
1976-115-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Chair (a/c) comprising curved tubular steel elements with thick, rectangular back and seat cushions upholstered in aqua-colored fabric. Ottoman (d,e) composed of oval bent tubular steel elements topped by a thick rectangular cushion also upholstered in aqua colored fabric.

Ascona Chair And Ottoman, 1976
chrome-plated bent tubular steel, upholstered cusions.
1987-80-1-a/e

This object was made by Landes Manufacturing Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Central support in the form of an inverted "Y"; from its longest arm projects two steps. Each arm rests on a flat rectangular platform. The whole executed in organic, free-flowing curving shapes.

Library Steps (USA), ca. 1975
cherry wood.
1969-51-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Wood frame with wide curved and shaped arms, deep rectangular seat and four tapered legs, the front legs angled back toward joint with arms; rectangular, pivoting seat back of tan leatherette stretched on metal and wood frame; rectangular seat cushion covered in pony skin, white with large irregular black spots on one end.

Armchair (USA), 1934
wood, leatherette, metal, pony skin.
Gift of Russel Wright.
1976-15-8

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Bucket-form swivel armchair base consisting of post surmounting four splayed supports with casters; brown leather upholstery; black plastic arms.

Executive Swivel Chair, 1965
plastic, aluminum, steel, leather.
Gift of Max Pine.
1999-53-3

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Wide, diamond-shaped form with deep seat, covered in dark gray wool; back of chair a chromed steel grid on geometric base composed of bent steel frame forming vertical and horizontal supports and runners.

Diamond Chair, 1952
chrome-plated tubular steel, woven wool upholstery.
Gift of Knoll International.
1990-139-6

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Sensor Chair, 1986

Sensor Chair, 1986
steel, plastic (polypropelene), foam.
1987-4-1

This object was made by Steelcase.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Round tubular aluminum frame and solid alumninum seating in vinyl lace. Eight horizontal straps on back; thirteen are vertically oriented. Two half ellipses of bent aluminum are placed back to back on the horizontal plane parallel to the chair's seat, serving as extra support for the chair's legs. Rubber feet caps on each of four legs.

Kantan Armchair, ca. 1956
aluminum, vinyl, paint.
1971-15-1

This object was made by Brown Jordan Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Chair seat and back of contoured, molded dark grey fiberglass: curved, oval back on tubular steel frame mounted on concave seat with out-curved sides forming armrests; tubular steel base splayed to form four curved legs terminating in circular foot pads.

Swag Leg Chair, 1958
molded fiberglass, swaged tubular steel, rubber composite.
Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor.
1986-99-45

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Contoured rectangular black plastic back with black mesh fabric, set into aluminum frame with two short arms above contoured rectangular textile-covered seat surmounting base composed of shaft on four splayed feet with black castors.

Liberty Ergonomic Task Chair Task Chair, 2007
die-cast aluminum, injection-molded plastic, textile mesh (polyester, nylon,....
Gift of Humanscale.
2008-12-1

This object was made by Humanscale.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Form composed of contoured black wire mesh back/arms/seat unit on four thin, black cylindrical legs; circular pad feet.

Sculptura Chair, ca. 1956
enameled and woven wrought iron wire, enameled wrought iron.
Gift in honor of Lee L. Woodard, Sadie Greenman Woodard, their sons and their....
1994-11-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Curved back semi-circular armchair with armrests continuous with the chair's concave form. Four wooden legs; back two tapering and swinging outwards as they reach the ground. Chair, armrests, chair's back, and chair's seat are upholstered,

Chair (USA), 1927–39
wood, leather.
Gift of Helen Kroll Kramer.
1971-90-6

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

The chair has a concave backrail and leather webbed seat, raised on splayed, tapering legs. The backrail is supported by a back splat of similar thickness, placed perpendicular to the crest rail.

Klismos Chair, ca. 1965
walnut.
Gift of Saridis S.A. Furniture Manufacturers.
1971-18-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

"Sausage" Armchair, 1966

"Sausage" Armchair, 1966
chrome-plated metal, woven fabric.
Gift of Thonet Industries, Inc..
1971-19-3

This object was made by Thonet Industries, Inc., U.S.A..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.