"Sof-Tech" Side Chair

David Rowland

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

David Rowland American, born 1924. "Sof-Tech" Side Chair, ca. 1979. Tubular steel, plastic-coated springs, 29 7/8 x 19 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (75.9 x 49.5 x 42.9 cm) Seat Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thonet, 84.33.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.33.2_bw.jpg)

Title

"Sof-Tech" Side Chair

Date

ca. 1979

Geography

Place manufactured: York, Pennsylvania, United States

Medium

Tubular steel, plastic-coated springs

Classification

Furniture

Dimensions

29 7/8 x 19 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (75.9 x 49.5 x 42.9 cm) Seat Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

Paper label affixed to underside of seat frame: "Sof-Tech Collection TM / designed for Thonet by / David Rowland [in script] TM / US PATS 3,720, 568; 3,767,261; / 3,843,477; 3,845,986 / CAN PAT: 960,380 (74). / Other patents pending"

Credit Line

Gift of Thonet

Accession Number

84.33.2

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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