Armchair
This armchair is part of a suite designed by Weber for the Grand Rapids Chair Company. (See MMA 1985.86.1 for an example of a sideboard that was part of the suite.) The armchair features a u-shaped seat and flat, rectangular wall back, both upholstered in reddish-brown leather. With the horizontal lines in the chartreuse painted wood frame, Weber created a sense of forward movement that would later characterize streamline moderne. The suite was shown at the Rike-Kumler department store in Dayton, Ohio in 1928.
Artwork Details
- Title: Armchair
- Artist: Kem Weber (American (born Germany) Berlin 1889–1963 Ventura, California)
- Manufacturer: Grand Rapids Chair Company (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- Date: ca. 1928
- Medium: Painted wood, leather, metal
- Dimensions: 40 1/2 in. × 21 1/2 in. × 21 in. (102.9 × 54.6 × 53.3 cm)
- Classification: Furniture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Theodore R. Gamble Jr. Gift, in honor of his mother, Mrs. Theodore Robert Gamble, 1985
- Object Number: 1985.86.2
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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