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"Mandarin" Armchair Prototype

Creator Name

Ettore Sottsass Jr.;
Knoll Associates

Cultural Context

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Date

ca. 1986

About the Work

Brooklyn Museum Object Description
Armchair. Polyurethane foam covered with black woven cloth. Painted round profile wood, painted steel and rubber. Padded square seat inset with square curved padded back, raised on four black painted tubular steel legs terminating in black rubber pads. Continuous encircling round profile red-painted wood arms attached below the seat by metal screws and to the chair back by wood pegs. Production models have red tubular metal arms. CONDITION - The chair is in fine condition. The continuous arms detached from chair back. Proper left arm detached from wooden peg. Proper right: peg and arm detached from chair back. A small split to one arm segment below seat.

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Title

"Mandarin" Armchair Prototype

Creator

Ettore Sottsass Jr., Italian, Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007, Designer;
Knoll Associates, founded 1946, Maker

Worktype

Furniture

Cultural Context

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Material

Painted wood, polyurethane foam, woven cloth, rubber, painted steel

Dimensions

33 x 25 x 23in. (83.8 x 63.5 x 58.4cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

ca. 1986

Provenance

Gift of Knoll International, Jun 21, 1990

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Rights

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Creative Commons-BY

Inscription

no marks; no signature; no inscriptions

Location

New York, New York, United States

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