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Innovative Furniture in America

Designer:
Stephen Frykholm, American, b. 1942  Search this
Barbara J. Loveland, American, b. 1951  Search this
Client:
Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA  Search this
Medium:
Screenprint on glossy white paper
Dimensions:
100.2 × 63.5 cm (39 7/16 in. × 25 in.)
Type:
poster
Poster
Object Name:
Poster
Designed in:
Zeeland, Michigan, USA
Date:
1982
Credit Line:
Gift of Linda Powell
Accession Number:
2017-21-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bd47b33d-dc2d-40f7-851f-fbc1cf55d43a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2017-21-1

Designs for Chairs

Designer:
William Hunt Diederich, American, b. Hungary, 1884–1953  Search this
Medium:
Graphite on paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions:
14 × 21.6 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
Type:
furniture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
USA
Date:
n.d.
Credit Line:
Gift of D. Wigmore Fine Art
Accession Number:
2018-16-30
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43340b10b-a773-4b99-a3c0-3140432500d8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2018-16-30
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Wire frame, chair, miniature

Medium:
Wire
Dimensions:
22 × 12 × 7 1/2 in. (55.9 × 30.5 × 19.1 cm)
Type:
Floral frames
Date:
ca. 1879-1962
Period:
Victorian (1837-1901)
Topic:
emblems (symbols)  Search this
Floral frames  Search this
frame components  Search this
wire  Search this
associations  Search this
ceremonies  Search this
chairs  Search this
decorations  Search this
Floral Accessories  Search this
Floral decorations  Search this
floral designers  Search this
Flower arrangement  Search this
funerals  Search this
funerary objects  Search this
symbols  Search this
wirework  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian Gardens, Horticultural Artifacts Collection.
Accession number:
1979.012
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Horticultural Artifacts Collection
Data Source:
Smithsonian Gardens
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/aq4490100e4-9bb7-4e21-8dca-f54fdb6acb5f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hac_1979.012

Wire frame, armchair

Medium:
Wire
Dimensions:
35 × 17 × 18 in. (88.9 × 43.2 × 45.7 cm)
Type:
Floral frames
Date:
ca. 1860-1940
Period:
Victorian (1837-1901)
Topic:
emblems (symbols)  Search this
Floral frames  Search this
frame components  Search this
wire  Search this
armchairs  Search this
associations  Search this
ceremonies  Search this
decorations  Search this
Floral Accessories  Search this
Floral decorations  Search this
floral designers  Search this
Flower arrangement  Search this
funerals  Search this
funerary objects  Search this
symbols  Search this
wirework  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian Gardens, Horticultural Artifacts Collection. Donated in memory of Mary Palmieri Carbone.
Accession number:
1980.033
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Horticultural Artifacts Collection
Data Source:
Smithsonian Gardens
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/aq4a21e9b44-12d2-4361-b70e-f2fa0a3b3b6c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hac_1980.033

Wire frame, armchair, small

Medium:
Wire
Dimensions:
21 1/2 × 10 × 11 in. (54.6 × 25.4 × 27.9 cm)
Type:
Floral frames
Date:
ca. 1880
Period:
Victorian (1837-1901)
Topic:
emblems (symbols)  Search this
Floral frames  Search this
frame components  Search this
wire  Search this
armchairs  Search this
associations  Search this
ceremonies  Search this
decorations  Search this
Floral Accessories  Search this
Floral decorations  Search this
floral designers  Search this
Flower arrangement  Search this
funerals  Search this
funerary objects  Search this
symbols  Search this
wirework  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian Gardens, Horticultural Artifacts Collection.
Accession number:
1980.037.011
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Horticultural Artifacts Collection
Data Source:
Smithsonian Gardens
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/aq4931b96cf-8bef-4c4a-9ab2-2c104d41ddaf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hac_1980.037.011

Sitzen 69 : moderne Tischlersessel und ihre Werkzeichnungen : Österreisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst : Ausstellung im Säulenhof, 24.1.-16.3. 1969

Author:
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst  Search this
Physical description:
[38] p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1969
1969]
Topic:
Chair design  Search this
Call number:
NK2715 .S62
NK2715.S62
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_139625

The right angle 1870-1965 : a comprehensive exhibition of chairs complemented by textiles and tapestries ..

Author:
Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)  Search this
Physical description:
[12] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1960
1969
[196-]
Topic:
Chair design  Search this
Call number:
NK2715 .R57
NK2715.R57
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_139634

Surgical and Gynaecological Chair

Measurements:
overall, case: 11 in x 13 in x 7 in; 27.94 cm x 33.02 cm x 17.78 cm
overall, chair: 9 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in; 24.13 cm x 29.21 cm x 13.0175 cm
Object Name:
Chair, Surgical
chair, surgical and gynaecological, patent model
chair, surgical and gynaecological, model
Other Terms:
Chair, Surgical; Medicine
Credit Line:
Mrs. L. W. Bryant
ID Number:
MG.M-07459
Catalog number:
M-07459
Accession number:
220307
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6760-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_723867
Online Media:

Dental Chair

Measurements:
overall: 122 cm x 105 cm x 146 cm; 48 1/32 in x 41 11/32 in x 57 15/32 in
Object Name:
Chair, Dental, Archer
dental chair
chair, dental
Other Terms:
Chair, Dental, Archer; Dentistry
Date made:
about 1880
Credit Line:
Northwestern University Dental School
ID Number:
MG.M-06792.01
Catalog number:
M-06792
Accession number:
203911
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-95e0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_735010

Dental Chair

Object Name:
Chair, Dental
Other Terms:
Chair, Dental; Dentistry
ID Number:
1982.0465.01
Catalog number:
1982.0465.01
Accession number:
1982.0465
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-4fbb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_736358

Dental Chair

Measurements:
folded: 103 cm x 44 cm x 22 cm; 40 9/16 in x 17 5/16 in x 8 21/32 in
open (depth with crank): 136 cm x 95 cm x 54 cm; 53 17/32 in x 37 13/32 in x 21 1/4 in
overall: 38 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 97.79 cm x 21.59 cm x 54.61 cm
Object Name:
Chair, Dental, Portable
chair, dental
Other Terms:
Chair, Dental, Portable; Dentistry
Place made:
United States: Georgia, Demorest
Date made:
ca 1911
Date(s) of previous ownership:
1985 12 12
Credit Line:
Robert F. Mahar, D.D.S.
ID Number:
1985.0902.01
Accession number:
1985.0902
Catalog number:
1985.0902.01
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7712-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_738769

Cheney Brothers Silk furnishing fabric, Louis XVI style, 1913

Maker:
Cheney Brothers  Search this
Physical Description:
silk (overall material)
tcompound satin weave, jacquard-woven (overall production method/technique)
light brown, golden yellow, light blue (overall color)
Measurements:
overall: 36 in x 50 in; 91.44 cm x 127 cm
Object Name:
furnishing fabric
fabric length
Place made:
United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
Date made:
1913
Credit Line:
Gift of Cheney Brothers
ID Number:
TE.T01052.000
Catalog number:
T01052.000
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Textiles
American Silk Industry
Textiles
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-5a46-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_624465

Seats of fashion : 300 years of American chair design ; a loan exhibition [at the] McBurney Decorative Arts Gallery [of] the High Museum of Art, September 11- November 18, 1973

Author:
High Museum of Art  Search this
Physical description:
89-112 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1973
Topic:
Chairs  Search this
Chair design  Search this
Call number:
NK2715.H63
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_94327

Steel Chair Designed by Peter Cooper

Subject:
Cooper, Peter 1791-1883  Search this
Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration  Search this
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
National Collections  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
c. 1953
Topic:
Steel Chair  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Chairs  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2011-2177 and 3785
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_5792

Regents' Room with James Smithson's Coffin

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Renwick, James 1818-1895  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Hornblower & Marshall  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building South Towers  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Interior
Date:
1904
Topic:
Benefactors  Search this
Crypt  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Furniture  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Smithson, James--Death and burial  Search this
Smithson family  Search this
Tombs  Search this
Standard number:
MAH-15883
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9247

Chairs in motion : [catalogue / Dextra Frankel]

Author:
California State University, Fullerton Art Gallery  Search this
Frankel, Dextra  Search this
Bertoia, Harry  Search this
Physical description:
[54] leaves : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1974
1974]
Topic:
Chair design  Search this
Call number:
NK2715 .C15 1974
NK2715.C15 1974
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_113926

Chair design

Creator:
Henderson, William Penhallow, 1877-1943  Search this
Type:
Writings
Date:
19--
Citation:
William Penhallow Henderson. Chair design, 19--. William Penhallow Henderson papers, 1876-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Furniture design  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)14912
See more items in:
William Penhallow Henderson papers, 1876-1987, bulk 1876-1943
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_14912

Chair design

Creator:
Henderson, William Penhallow, 1877-1943  Search this
Type:
Writings
Date:
19--
Citation:
William Penhallow Henderson. Chair design, 19--. William Penhallow Henderson papers, 1876-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Furniture design  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)14913
See more items in:
William Penhallow Henderson papers, 1876-1987, bulk 1876-1943
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_14913

Chair designs

Creator:
Henderson, William Penhallow, 1877-1943  Search this
Subject:
Henderson, William Penhallow  Search this
Type:
Writings
Date:
19--
Citation:
William Penhallow Henderson. Chair designs, 19--. William Penhallow Henderson papers, 1876-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Design  Search this
Design drawings  Search this
Furniture  Search this
Furniture design  Search this
Furniture designers  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)16735
See more items in:
William Penhallow Henderson papers, 1876-1987, bulk 1876-1943
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_16735
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Side chair designed by Marcel Breuer

Type:
Photographs
Date:
1922
Citation:
Side chair designed by Marcel Breuer, 1922. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)876
See more items in:
Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_876

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