Standard Side Chair
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Steel, beech, aluminum, oil-based enamel paint
DATES
designed and made 2009
DIMENSIONS
39 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (101 x 45.1 x 55.2 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
ACCESSION NUMBER
2009.30
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Uhuru Design
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Purple, wooden Louis XVI-style oval chair back with floral and acanthus leaf carved decoration at crest, back inset with metal mesh; gadrooning on outer rim of front, columnar downward tapering fluted back legs, slightly bulbous sabot. Flat trapezoidal metal seat that flares toward front, welded squared continual legs and stretcher at ground level. Seat attached at back with four exposed screws.
Condition: new/ unused.
CAPTION
Uhuru Design (2003–Present). Standard Side Chair, designed and made 2009. Steel, beech, aluminum, oil-based enamel paint, 39 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (101 x 45.1 x 55.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Uhuru Design, 2009.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.30_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2009.30_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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Could I hear more about this chair? I find it interesting how the seat and front legs look so different from the back.
That is a very unique chair! It was manufactured by Uhuru Design, a Brooklyn-based furniture company known for its focus on sustainability and up-cycling of used materials.
The chair back is made from a found Louis XVI-style fragment, and the seat and front legs are made of simply welded steel plate and aluminum.