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    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    LC-52-A Lounge Chair

    Designer: Kem Weber, American, born Germany, 1889–1963
    Manufacturer: Lloyd Manufacturing Company (a division of Heywood-Wakefield Company), American, 1920–1978
    Date: 
    designed 1935, manufactured 1935–37
    Medium: 

    Chromium-plated steel, birch plywood, and velour

    Accession Number: 
    2007.40.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Golden Banana” Valet Chair

    Maker: Alphonse Mattia, American, born 1947
    Date: 
    1988
    Medium: 

    Walnut, birch, soft maple, and plywood

    Accession Number: 
    1988.64.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Bench

    Maker: Mark Sfirri, American, born 1952
    Date: 
    1998
    Medium: 

    Ash and purpleheart

    Accession Number: 
    1998.47.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Chest of Drawers

    Manufacturer (brasses): Thomas Hands and William Jenkins, 1795–1805
    Date: 
    1790–1800
    Medium: 

    Cherry primary with lightwood and baleen inlay; yellow poplar and pine secondary

    Accession Number: 
    2013.109.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Rocking Chair

    Maker: George Jakob Hunzinger, American, 1835–1898
    Date: 
    Patented 1869
    Medium: 

    Walnut

    Accession Number: 
    2012.84.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Desk and Bookcase

    Maker, attributed to: Isaac Fitch, American, 1734–1791
    Date: 
    ca. 1769
    Medium: 

    Mahogany; eastern white pine; lowest backboard, chestnut; drawer fronts on desk interior, Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata); bookcase: mahogany; top, bottom, red oak; backboards, shelves, added top, American black cherry

    Accession Number: 
    1955.50.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Sofa

    Maker, possibly by: Duncan Phyfe, American, 1768–1854
    Date: 
    1805–15
    Medium: 

    Mahogany

    Accession Number: 
    1930.2006
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Gentleman’s secretary

    Date: 
    1790–1815
    Medium: 

    Mahogany, mahogany veneer, a burl veneer, light- and dark-wood inlays; eastern white pine; some drawer runners, replaced, yellow poplar

    Accession Number: 
    1930.2016
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Library bookcase

    Date: 
    1790–1815
    Medium: 

    Mahogany; doors; drawer fronts, mahogany veneer with light- and dark- wood inlays; drawer linings, red cedar (Juniperus spp.), probably southern red cedar (J. Silicola); drawer runners in center cupboard of lower case, bald cypress (Taxodium distuchum); framing of pediment, eastern white pine; drawer fronts and valances in secretary drawer, holly (Ilex opaca); some repairs in lower case, hard maple

    Accession Number: 
    1930.2023
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Preproduction 682 Lounge Chair with Arms

    Designer: Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978
    Designer: Ray Eames, American, 1912–1988
    Manufacturer: Herman Miller, Inc., American, founded 1923
    Date: 
    1958
    Medium: 

    Aluminum and Naugahyde

    Accession Number: 
    2012.151.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

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