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Design

11/03/1938 (drawn)
Artist/Maker

Design for an arm chair. The plans give front and side elevations along with an aerial view of the proposed arm chair with measurements acompanying each drawing. A scale is given at the bottom right of the drawing as 1/2 inch to 1 foot, also that this was Job No. 185 and Drawing No. 1, and the date of the initial drawing being 11/03/38 with revisions having been made on 07/04/38. Inscribed at the bottom left: 'Showwood - Waxed Oak [;] Feet to be fitter with Domes of Silence.' Below this is a series of notes, 'Sizes to be taken at Exhibition [;] Seat Depth (back to front) 27" [;] Seat width (inside arms at top) 17 1/2" [;] arms width (at top 7 1/2") [;] overall width of chair 32 1/2".' There are also some faint, unidentifiable drawings.

Object details

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Brief description
By Raymond McGrath: design for an armchair, pencil on tracing paper, 1938.
Physical description
Design for an arm chair. The plans give front and side elevations along with an aerial view of the proposed arm chair with measurements acompanying each drawing. A scale is given at the bottom right of the drawing as 1/2 inch to 1 foot, also that this was Job No. 185 and Drawing No. 1, and the date of the initial drawing being 11/03/38 with revisions having been made on 07/04/38. Inscribed at the bottom left: 'Showwood - Waxed Oak [;] Feet to be fitter with Domes of Silence.' Below this is a series of notes, 'Sizes to be taken at Exhibition [;] Seat Depth (back to front) 27" [;] Seat width (inside arms at top) 17 1/2" [;] arms width (at top 7 1/2") [;] overall width of chair 32 1/2".' There are also some faint, unidentifiable drawings.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55cm
  • Width: 44.9cm
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.550-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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