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Louis Dierra. <em>Armchair</em>, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_front_bw.jpg)
Louis Dierra. Armchair, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_front_bw.jpg)
Louis Dierra. <em>Armchair</em>, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_front_bw.jpg)

Louis Dierra. Armchair, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_front_bw.jpg)

Louis Dierra. <em>Armchair</em>, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_back_bw.jpg)

Louis Dierra. Armchair, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_back_bw.jpg)

Louis Dierra. <em>Armchair</em>, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_bw.jpg)

Louis Dierra. Armchair, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_bw.jpg)

Louis Dierra. <em>Armchair</em>, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.84.180_view2.jpg)

Louis Dierra. Armchair, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.84.180_view2.jpg)

Louis Dierra. <em>Armchair</em>, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.84.180_view1.jpg)

Louis Dierra. Armchair, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.84.180_view1.jpg)

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Armchair

Decorative Arts and Design

DESIGNER Louis Dierra
MANUFACTURER Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
MEDIUM Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings
  • Place Manufactured: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
    • DATES ca. 1939
    DIMENSIONS 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS no marks
    SIGNATURE no signature
    INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
    COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design
    ACCESSION NUMBER 84.180
    CREDIT LINE H. Randolph Lever Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Armchair, glass with upholstered seat and metal fittings. Simple, tub armchair formed from a single upright sheet of thick plate glass, bent and curved to form the vertical supporting structure of a chair. Set horizontally into the center of this is a thick, upholstered cushion. CONDITION: Numerous small surface scratches. Noticeable chip at center of back at base (about 1 1/2 x 1/2" barely into the surface.)
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    CAPTION Louis Dierra. Armchair, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_front_bw.jpg)
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    Louis Dierra. <em>Armchair</em>, ca. 1939. Glass, modern upholstery, metal fittings, 29 x 22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 56.8 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 84.180. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.180_front_bw.jpg)

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    furniture
    seating
    hard
    chaise
    Armchair
    chair
    glass
    metal
    upholstery
    Louis Dierra'
    Dierra
    20th
    Century
    plasticchair

    TAGS

    furniture
    seating
    hard
    chaise
    Armchair
    chair
    glass
    metal
    upholstery
    Louis Dierra'
    Dierra
    20th
    Century
    plasticchair

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