Side Chair Designer: Victor Proetz (American, 1897–1966)
Maker: Angelo Piano (American, born Italy, 1875–after 1930)

1939–41

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Probably ash with beech, bronze mounts, and silk upholstery

Dimensions

32 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 15 9/16 in. (82.5 × 47 × 39.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Newman

Accession Number

2010.51.6

Geography

Designed in New York, New York, Owned in Saint Louis, Missouri

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Commissioned by Emma Perham Proetz and Arthur Proetz, Saint Louis, ca. 1940–66; inherited by his second wife, Esther Proetz, Saint Louis, 1966–87; transferred to the Estate of Esther Proetz, Saint Louis, 1987; Selkirk’s, Saint Louis, September 22, 1987, lot 244; purchased by Jane and Matthew Newman, Saint Louis, 1987–2010
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 235, no. 158
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012),
  • Selkirk's, Saint Louis, Selkirk's Autumn Gallery Auction 1987, sale cat. (September 18–20, 1987), 21–22, lot 244, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
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Object/Work type

side chairs

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