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Handkerchief

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Curved back and seat made of a single gray-white metal sheet with slight ripples throughout (like a handkerchief) mouned on a rectalinear white tubular metal base with a stretcher spanning the front legs.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Massimo Vignelli, Italian, active USA, 1931–2014
Lella Vignelli, Italian, 1934 - 2016
Design Team member
David Law, American, 1937 – 2003
Manufacturer
Knoll Textiles, New York, New York, USA, founded 1947
Date
1982–87
Credit Line
Gift of The Knoll Group
Medium
Bent enamelled tubular metal, composition
Dimensions
H x W x D: 74.1 x 52.4 x 49.5 cm (29 3/16 x 20 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Type
models and prototypes
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Prototype for a chair
Type
Prototype for a chair
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