Designer
Eliel Saarinen (American, born Finland, 1873 - 1950)American, 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
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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.
Exhibition Historyn/a
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c. 1795–1810
West Indian satinwood, East Indian satinwood, mahogany, ebony, dyed holly or boxwood; white pine, birch, mahogany
B.2004.1.1,.2
Herter Brothers
1869–1871
Maple, bird's-eye maple, rosewood, white oak, butternut, cherry, other woods, and brass; textile not original
77.373
Eliel Saarinen
Designed 1927–1928, manufactured 1935
Sterling silver
2001.1.1-.49
Eero Saarinen
Designed 1948, manufactured 1970–1975
Steel, fiberglass, plastic, wood particle, and upholstery
97.258
c. 1810–1825
Mahogany, ebony, and rosewood; ash, eastern white pine, and brass
B.69.72.2
c. 1810–1825
Mahogany, ebony, and rosewood; ash, eastern white pine, and brass
B.69.72.1
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
c. 1925–1933
Macassar ebony and Macassar ebony veneer; upholstery not original
2016.329