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Exhibition

Design Episodes: The Modern Chair

Art Institute of Chicago23 Apr 2016 – 2 Oct 2016
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Works from this exhibition held in Dartabase

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Swag Leg Armchair

Swag Leg Armchair

George Nelson · designed 1956; made 1958/64

Fiberglass and steel

Art Institute of Chicago

Chaise Longue

Chaise Longue

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) · Designed 1928, made about 1933

Chrome-plated steel, replacement American Shorthorn upholstery, leather, and painted metal

Art Institute of Chicago

Side Chair

Side Chair

Harry Bertoia · designed 1952; made 1955

Steel and naugahyde

Art Institute of Chicago

Red-Blue Chair

Red-Blue Chair

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld · Designed 1918, made 1920/21

Painted plywood

Art Institute of Chicago

Wilshire Medical Office Side Chair

Wilshire Medical Office Side Chair

Rudolph Michael Schindler · c. 1943

Plywood veneer

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GF 40/4 Chair (one of a pair)

GF 40/4 Chair (one of a pair)

David Rowland · Designed 1956/64; Made 1964/65

Steel and vinyl

Art Institute of Chicago

Lounge Chair (model LCW)

Lounge Chair (model LCW)

Charles Eames · designed 1945; made 1946/49

Molded plywood and rubber

Art Institute of Chicago

MR 20 Armchair

MR 20 Armchair

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe · Designed and manufactured 1926/27

Bent tubular chromium-plated steel, with banded and sewn dark green leather spanning seat and back

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Armchair

Armchair

Samuel A. Marx · Designed and made 1944

Birch and plastic

Art Institute of Chicago

Paimio Armchair 41

Paimio Armchair 41

Alvar Aalto · Designed 1930/33; Made 1930/39

Bent and laminated birchwood

Art Institute of Chicago

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