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Side Chair
Accession # 1990.95
Designer Warren McArthur
Manufacturer Warren Mc Arthur Corporation
Title Side Chair
Date ca. 1935
Medium Aluminum, leatherette, rubber
Dimensions 31 3/16 x 18 1/2 x 23 1/2in. (79.2 x 47 x 59.7cm)
Marks no marks
Inscriptions no inscriptions
Signed no signature
Credit Line Modernism Benefit Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 10, Shelf B (Contemporary Furniture)
Description Aluminum side chair with slung seat and back upholstered in synthetic woven fabric; rectilinear frame formed by round profile tubular members with reeded rings at joins. Sloping upholstered square seat and canted square back. Raised on four square straight legs supported by rubber disc pads. Front legs joined by stretcher at mid-point and connected to back legs by paired s-curve side stretchers. Upper side stretcher connects front seat rail to mid-point of back leg. Lower side stretcher connects front mid-leg to lower back leg. Back legs, connected by lower stretcher, continue to form stiles. The upholstered chair back with visible vertical seam on reverse. CONDITION - Good condition. Some tears and cracks to upholstery. Slight discoloration to aluminum parts.