Bubbles Chaise Longue

 

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1988

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2012

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Bubbles Chaise Longue

This is a Chaise longue. It was designed by Frank O. Gehry and manufactured by New City Editions. It is dated ca. 1988 and we acquired it in 2012. Its medium is layered and bent corrugated cardboard. 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 Cushy Cardboard.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum .

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Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 87.6 x 219.1 x 73.7 cm (34 1/2 in. x 7 ft. 2 1/4 in. x 29 in.)

It has the following markings

Plaque on underside.

Cite this object as

Bubbles Chaise Longue; Designed by Frank O. Gehry (American, b. Canada, 1929); Manufactured by New City Editions (United States); USA; layered and bent corrugated cardboard; H x W x D: 87.6 x 219.1 x 73.7 cm (34 1/2 in. x 7 ft. 2 1/4 in. x 29 in.); Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum ; 2012-3-1

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