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1927

  • Work on this object began.

1928

  • Work on this object ended.

1954

  • We acquired this object.

1991

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Drawing, Design for Armchair

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Ernest Boiceau. It is dated 1927–28 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is graphite, blue, yellow-beige watercolor on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Library. It is credited Transferred from Cooper Union Museum Library, gift of Mrs. A. Stewart Walker.

Its dimensions are

18.1 x 27 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamps: blind stamp, upper right: EB

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left corner: 1 (encircled) $800; in graphite at lower right: 5 (encircled) / E. Boiceau; in graphite, at lower left: Bois Sycamore / $600. / satin cushion

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Armchair; Designed by Ernest Boiceau (1881 - 1950); France; graphite, blue, yellow-beige watercolor on illustration board; 18.1 x 27 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Transferred from Cooper Union Museum Library, gift of Mrs. A. Stewart Walker; 1954-69-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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