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Grass-seated chair

(American, 1905–1990)
designed in 1944; fabricated in 1971
Object PlaceNew Hope, Pennsylvania
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, grass
DimensionsOverall: 69.9 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm (27 1/2 x 18 x 18 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Frederick Brown Fund, Bequest of Maxim Karolik and Gift of Estelle S. Frankfurter, by exchange, and Amercian Decorative Arts Curator's Fund
Accession number2003.66
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
Provenance1972, purchased from the artist by Bruce Carlson, Minneapolis, Minnesota (December 1972);
CopyrightGEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER, S.A.
Either 1979.273 or 1979.274
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