Object Details
- Designer
- Eero Saarinen, American, b. Finland, 1910 - 1961
- Manufacturer
- Knoll Textiles, New York, New York, USA, founded 1947
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs. The chair's armrests formed by symmetrical "dips" in the shell. Accompanying ottoman, also with chrome legs and a rectangular, blue, cushion.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard Oliver
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1979-80-1-a/e
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Chair and ottoman
- Type
- Chair and ottoman
- Medium
- Polyester, foam, tubular steel
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (ottoman): 44.5 x 65 x 48 cm (17 1/2 x 25 9/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
- H x W x D (chair): 90 x 102 x 83.5 cm (35 7/16 x 40 3/16 x 32 7/8 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1979-80-1-a_e
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq495b8dfb6-6aab-4d06-bbfd-751df7203852
