Wassily lounge chair | Yale University Art Gallery

designed 1925; this example 1962–1970

Medium: Brown leather and polished chrome-plated steel tube
Dimensions: H. 28 3/8 in, SH. 16 7/8 in, OW. 31 in, OD. 27 1/4 in: 28 3/8 in. (72.1 cm)
Credit Line: Millicent Todd Bingham Fund
Accession Number: 1971.67.1
Geography: Made in Milan, Italy
Culture: Italian
Period: 20th century
Classification: Furniture
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Knoll International, New York, N.Y.; Milicent Todd Bingham Fund.

Bibliography

Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 278-279, no. 263, ill

Object copyright

In Copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

Wassily chairs

A paper label on the underside of the seat frame reads: "GAVINA N. 4443 / mod Wassily dis. M. Breur / Made in Italy."

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