Child's Chair

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Object Name: 
Child's Chair
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, New York City
Accession Number: 
94.4.140
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 66.5 cm, W: 31.1 cm, D: 32.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1991
Credit Line: 
Gift of Michael McDonough in honor of Metropolis Magazine's "Design Explorations: 2001"
Web Description: 
This chair was made as a prototype for the Parsons Furniture and Furnishings Design Competition. In October 1991, it was displayed in "Design Explorations 2001", an exhibition of the competition's winning designs.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
McDonough, Michael (b. 1951), Former Collection
1994
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Opaque deep green, yellow
Technique: 
Cast, pate de verre
casting
Copyright: 
© Michael McDonough

Description

Primary Description: 
Opaque deep green, yellow glass; cast, pate de verre.

Exhibitions (1)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 2005-04 through 2006-01

Publications (1)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations (2005) illustrated, p. 74, fig. 113; BIB# 87714