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Object Timeline

2010

  • Work on this object began.

2012

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2015

2026

  • You found it!

Spun Chair

This is a chair. It was manufactured by Magis S.p.A. and produced by Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated 2010 and we acquired it in 2012. Its medium is rotationally molded polyethylene. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

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This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Fun Chair.

This object was donated by Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is credited Gift of Herman Miller, Inc..

  • Pastilli Rocking Chair
  • molded fiberglass-reinforced polyester.
  • Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society.
  • 2001-31-2

Our curators have highlighted 11 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Chair, Size 4, R82 Scallop
  • shell: polypropylene; cushion: polyester and polyurethane; straps: polypropylene.
  • Gift of Convaid | R82.
  • s-e-2611
  • Sample, Cutout
  • 100% cotton.
  • Gift of Alexander H. Girard.
  • 1969-165-133
  • Chair, Size 1, R82 Scallop
  • shell: polypropylene; cushion: polyester and polyurethane; straps: polypropylene.
  • Gift of Convaid | R82.
  • s-e-2608

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36 in.)

Cite this object as

Spun Chair; Manufactured by Magis S.p.A. (Italy); Produced by Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); Italy; rotationally molded polyethylene; H x diam.: 66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36 in.); Gift of Herman Miller, Inc.; 2012-18-1

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