Armchair and side chair Designer: Eugene Schoen (American, 1880–1957)
Manufacturer: Schmieg, Hungate and Kotzian, Inc. (American, 1924–1933)

1931

American Decorative Arts

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

This chair is from a dining room suite that was part of a commission designed by Schoen for an apartment in Manhattan. Inspired by eighteenth-century ladder-back chairs, this chair is an example of how modern designers made subtle use of historical prototypes by simplifying and abstracting past forms.

Medium

Rosewood, rosewood veneer, mahogany, bird's-eye maple veneer, possibly birch

Dimensions

36 1/2 × 23 × 22 1/2 in. (92.7 × 58.4 × 57.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Marx, B.S. 1925

Accession Number

1984.84a-b

Geography

Made in New York, New York, Designed in New York, New York

Culture

American

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
Purchased by Emily Marx House and Victor House, New York, 1931-66; inherited by Virginia and Leonard Marx, Scarsdale, N.Y., 1966-84
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), 239, no. 162
  • "Acquisitions 1984," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 39, no. 3 (Winter 1986), 76
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

side chairs

Marks

"38982 ES [double struck script monogram in rectangle]," incuse on inside face of proper right rear leg of both chairs; "SHK [monogram in a circle] 6367 ES [monogram in a rectangle]" incuse on inside face of proper left rear leg of armchair; "SHK [monogram in a circle] 6368 ES [monogram in a rectangle]" incuse on inside face of proper left rear leg of side chair

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