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1989

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2017

2025

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Chair With Holes Chair

This is a chair. It was designed by Gijs Bakker and manufactured by Fiction Factory. It is dated Designed 1989 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is assembled cut and drilled unvarnished maple wood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Atelier Courbet. It is credited Gift of Melanie Courbet courtesy of Helen Drutt.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 77 × 43.6 × 44 cm (30 5/16 × 17 3/16 × 17 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside of seat near rear right leg:written in black maker: 13/50 with G. Bakker signature below.

Cite this object as

Chair With Holes Chair; Designed by Gijs Bakker (Dutch, b.1942); Manufactured by Fiction Factory; assembled cut and drilled unvarnished maple wood; H x W x D: 77 × 43.6 × 44 cm (30 5/16 × 17 3/16 × 17 5/16 in.); Gift of Melanie Courbet courtesy of Helen Drutt; 2017-52-1

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