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Armchair

Designer Bernhard Pankok German
ca. 1901
Not on view
Pankok’s armchair is part of a lady’s sitting-room suite that the designer presented at the 1901 Dresden International Exhibition. A cofounder of the Vereinigten Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Arts and Crafts), Pankok designed this chair in the manner of Jugendstil (Style of Youth), a restrained, curvilinear German interpretation of French Art Nouveau popular during the 1890s and early twentieth century. The sensuous, swelling forms and contours make the armchair appear like a living organism. The combination of warm oak and dark leather enhances its appeal.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Armchair
  • Designer: Bernhard Pankok (German, Münster 1872–1943 Munich)
  • Date: ca. 1901
  • Medium: Oak, plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-P) with calcium carbonate
  • Dimensions: 37 1/2 in. × 25 5/8 in. × 25 in. (95.3 × 65.1 × 63.5 cm)
  • Classification: Furniture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn, by exchange, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.24
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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