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S Chair

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
High backed S-shaped steel frame chair on black steering wheel base; multiple narrow horizontal strips of recycled black rubber inner tube stretched over frame.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Tom Dixon, English, b. 1959
Date
1988
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
Medium
recycled automobile rubber tire inner tube, steering wheel, welded steel (frame)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 109.2 x 47 x 55.9 cm (43 x 18 1/2 x 22 in.)
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Object Name
chair
Type
chair
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