Armchair
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
DESIGNER
Russel Wright, American, 1904â1976
MANUFACTURER
Heywood Wakefield Company
MEDIUM
Chromium, plastic (Naugahyde)
DATES
ca. 1934
DIMENSIONS
76.99.1: 32 x 27 x 18 1/2 in. (81.3 x 68.6 x 47 cm)
frag.76.99.1: 37 1/2 x 41 in. (95.3 x 104.1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
76.99.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the artist
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tubular chromium frame armchair with seat, arm rest and back rest upholstered in olive green Naugahyde. Frame of 1 inch diameter tubing bent to form U-shaped seat back (parallel to floor) and arm rests; tubing continues into two vertical lengths that serve as the front and only legs; then continues into U-shaped base. Upholstered, U-shaped seat secured to frame with horizontal stretcher across front legs and two vertical lengths (1/4" tubes) that connect seat to the seat back at rear corners. Upholstered padded unit in shape of an angled crescent forms continuous back rest and arm rests, attached along seat back frame with screws.
CONDITION: Frame is rusty throughout. Donor reupholstered in 1950s.
frag.76.99.1. - Olive green Naugahyde fabric fragment from textile that was used to reupholster chair.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Russel Wright (American, 1904â1976). Armchair, ca. 1934. Chromium, plastic (Naugahyde), 76.99.1: 32 x 27 x 18 1/2 in. (81.3 x 68.6 x 47 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 76.99.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.99.1_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 76.99.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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