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1986

  • Work on this object began.

1992

  • We acquired this object.

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2025

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Spine Chair

This is a chair. It is dated 1986 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Embryo Chair Chair
  • aluminum, neoprene, polyurethane foam.
  • Gift of George R. Kravis II.
  • 2016-5-12

Its dimensions are

85.3 x 68.2 x 94.5 cm (33 9/16 x 26 7/8 x 37 3/16 in. )

Cite this object as

Spine Chair; England; steel; 85.3 x 68.2 x 94.5 cm (33 9/16 x 26 7/8 x 37 3/16 in. ); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1992-36-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.

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