Eliel Saarinen
Armchair

Armchair

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Armchair
DesignerAmerican, born Finland, 1873 - 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Armchair
Date1907–1908
MediumOak, birch, ebony, mahogany, pewter, and replaced leather upholstery
Dimensions42 1/2 × 22 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (108 × 57.8 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston, the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust, the estate of William F. Stern, by exchange, and Lynn Goode
Object number2014.1113
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceCommissioned by August Keirkner (1856-1918) for the Keirkner apartment, Luotsikatu 1, Helsinki, 1907-1908; Transferred to Marmoripalatsi (The Marble Palace), Kaivopuisto, Helsinki, 1918; Lydia Keirkner 1918-1937, in The Marble Palace; Rudol Walden 1937-1946, in The Marble Palace; Inherited by Walden Family, 1926-2013, in The Marble Palace until 2012; [Modernity gallery, Stockholm, 2013]; Purchased by mark McDonald, New York, May 2014; purchased by MFAH, 2014.


Other examples from the suite are in the collections of LACMA (armchair); Charles Price (armchair); private collector, London (6 side chairs and 2 armchairs). One armchair is currently on hold for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

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