Folding Chair

Object Details

Catalogue Status: Research in Progress
Description: Folding armchair (a,b) composed of flat wood elements painted purple with pink and green stippling, cylindrical and conical wood elements, and metal rods. Proper left side composed of a flat L-shaped member forming the leg and armrest; back left leg composed of a straight metal rod with an inverted cone-shaped wooden foot. Proper right side with slanting arm rest hinged to upper right of chair back and connected to the seat by a long removeable metal pin (b) with cone-shaped finial. Back composed of an L-shaped member with cylindrical wooden backrest; back secured at upper left corner by metal rod with an inverted cone-shaped finial. When pin (b) is removed, chair collapses to form a flat rectangular panel to hang from a wide, L-shaped wall-mounted bracket (c,d) with same painted surface.

1984

Medium: maple (wood), paint, metal
Dimensions: H x W x D (a, open): 87.5 x 72.5 x 56 cm (34 7/16 x 28 9/16 x 22 1/16 in.); H x W x D (a, folded): 87.5 x 72.5 x 9 cm (34 7/16 x 28 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.); H x W x D (d): 5 x 16 x 1.6 cm (1 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 5/8 in.); H x W x D (c): 17 x 66 x 13.5 cm (6 11/16 x 26 x 5 5/16 in.); H x diam. (b): 26 x 2.9 cm (10 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)

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