Womb Chair Ottoman, Model No. 74

Artist:Eero SaarinenKnoll Associates

Medium: Chrome-plated tubular steel, fiberglass, latex foam, original upholstery

Geograhical Locations:

• New York, New York, United States

Dates:designed 1946, made ca. 1959

Dimensions: 16 x 25 1/2 x 20 in. (40.6 x 64.8 x 50.8 cm)

Collections:

• Decorative Arts and Design

Museum Location: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts

Exhibitions:

• Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960
• Thinking Big: Recent Design Acquisitions
• Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art

Accession Number: 2001.37.2

Catalogue Description:
Foot rest/ottoman; chrome-plated tubular steel frame, fiberglass, plastic and wood particle shell, latex foam, original brown and black wool tweed upholstery. Upholstered trapezoidal shell with long side to face chair seat; shell flares upward along angled sides to hold trapezoidal cushion in place. Two chrome-plated tubular steel tubes attached beneath the shell in X configuration, bent to form four splayed legs with disk feet.

Brooklyn Museum