Armchair

Designer Gerald Summers British

Manufacturer Makers of Simple Furniture

1934

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Armchair
Designer: Gerald Summers (British (born Egypt), Alexandria 1899–1967)
Manufacturer: Makers of Simple Furniture
Date: 1934
Medium: Bent plywood, paint
Dimensions: 30 1/4 × 24 × 37 1/2 in., 20 lb. (76.8 × 61 × 95.3 cm, 9.1 kg)
Classification: Furniture-Wood
Credit Line: Purchase, The Cynthia Hazen Polsky Fund and Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1994
Object Number: 1994.428
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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