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Drawing, Design for Vik-ter Chair
This is a Drawing. It is dated 1991 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is graphite, red and blue pencil on vellum. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Dakota Jackson's "vik-ter" chair is the result of the desire to produce an elegant looking chair that can be stacked, that is comfortable, and that can be produced and sold at a moderate cost. Its wooden seat and back are padded with flexible rubber connectors at their joinings to the metal frame. Robotic technology is used in the manufacturing process to reduce costs.
It is credited Gift of Dakota Jackson.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 30.4 × 24.5 cm (11 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Marks: Top: CLEAR PRINT
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite at upper right: C6; at lower right: VIK-TER/ JULY 29, 91; in red pencil at upper right: BACH/PASACALIA/FUGUE IN C MINOR;in graphite, red and blue pencil measurements throughout
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for Vik-ter Chair; USA; graphite, red and blue pencil on vellum; H x W: 30.4 × 24.5 cm (11 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Gift of Dakota Jackson; 1992-58-40
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
