Armchair

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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

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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

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FURNITURE

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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Published References Amberg, Anna-Lisa. Saarinen’s Interior Design, 1896-1923. Helsinki: Taideteollisuusmuseo, 1984. Hausen, Marika et al. Eliel Saarinen: Projects 1896-1923. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991. Fayans-Wien, Stefan. “Baukunst und Volk,” Moderne Bauformen 8 (1909): 337-358. Wittkopp, Gregory, ed. Saarinen House and Garden: A Total Work of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. The Saarinen Door: Eliel Saarinen Architect and Designer at Cranbrook. Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1963. Christ-Janer, Albert. Eliel Saarinen: Finnish-American Architect and Educator. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1979. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Architect and the Industrial Arts: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Design. New York: Plandome Press, 1929. Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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