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Revolving Armchair

ca. 1904
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
Frank Lloyd Wright designed this armchair along with many other pieces of furniture, such as 1979.302, for the offices of the Larkin Building, Buffalo, New York, which was demolished in 1950. In his 1943 autobiography he called this project "the first emphatic outstanding protest against the tide of meaningless elaboration sweeping the United States... The furniture was all made of steel and magnesite built into place—even the desks and chairs we made with the building."

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Object Information
  • Title: Revolving Armchair
  • Maker: Frank Lloyd Wright (American, Richland Center, Wisconsin 1867–1959 Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Date: ca. 1904
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Steel, wood
  • Dimensions: 38 x 20 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (96.5 x 52.7 x 62.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Theodore R. Gamble Jr. Gift, in honor of his mother, Mrs. Theodore Robert Gamble, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.130
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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