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Fritz Hansen Office Chair
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| Accession #: | 3919.2 |
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| Title: | Fritz Hansen Office Chair |
| Object Type: | Chair |
| Participants: |
Fritz Hansen (creator)
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| Physical Description: | Bent wood office chair accented with metal. Chair seat swivels, rolls on wheels and does not have arm rests. Chair matches others in style, shape and finish said to have been purchased as library furnishings for the 1959-1960 library of the Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum/Eastern Washington State Historical Society. |
| Description: | When the Eastern Washington State Historical Society opened its new Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum in 1960, the library furnishings included molded, laminated Series 7(TM) chairs, designed in 1955 by Arne Jacobsen. Lightweight and stackable, the chair was a best seller for Denmark's Fritz Hansen Company. The 1950s and 1960s saw an unrivaled burst of architectural creativity in Spokane as a small group of Modernist architects changed the face of the city. Their work continues its influence today. |
| Category: | History |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Furniture (Furnishing), Decorative Arts (Decorative Arts)
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| Geographical Reference: | Denmark (International->Europe); Spokane (Washington->Spokane County) |
| Dimensions: |
Object H x W x D 32 x 20 x 19 "
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| Materials/Techniques: |
metal (Material)
wood (plant material) (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
FH [encircled] DANMARK (Stamped into metal leg base underside)
FH [encircled] Made in Denmark (Stamped in white ink on underside)
Eastern Washington State Museum/00344/ Spokane, Washington (Metal label on underside)
STATE OF WASH 314937 (An additional metal tag attached to central metal component and covering the "DANMARK" mark:)
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| Credit Line: | Found in Collections, 1999 |
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