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Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:30:27 +0000
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Object of the Day
seating
domestic
Frank Lloyd Wright
usonian
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<img width="640" height="549" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1997-90-1-700x601.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="1997-90-1" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1997-90-1-700x601.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1997-90-1-170x146.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1997-90-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />This chair is believed to have come from the Robert D. Winn House in Kalamazoo, Michigan, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian homes— affordable housing designed for middle-class families. The architect used the adjective “usonian” to describe the unique character of the American landscape. Usonian furniture designs were simple and intended to be made on-site...
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