Design
ca. 1965-70 (made)
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Sketch in pencil and felt-tip of the side elevation of a chair with an S-bend frame and single piece cushioned seat. Scale 1:10.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and felt-tip pen on tracing paper |
| Brief description | Sketch of a fold-up chair with S-bend frame, pencil and felt-tip pen on tracing paper, Eileen Gray, France, ca. 1965-70 |
| Physical description | Sketch in pencil and felt-tip of the side elevation of a chair with an S-bend frame and single piece cushioned seat. Scale 1:10. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed in pencil, typescript and blue ball-point pen with dimensions and technical notes) |
| Credit line | Given by Prunella Clough |
| Object history | This sketch is a reworking of the folding chair, often referred to as the 'S-bend chair', Gray designed in the 1930s that is held in the V&A collection (CIRC.579-1971). Gray reworked many of her designs during the 1960s, including this one. The reason for this redesign is unknown but it may have been for versions of the chair that were produced in the 1970s by Geoffrey-Lyn Todd or Max Ott for the artist Frank Stella (see Johanna Agerman Ross, 'Fold-up Chair' in The Lives of the Objects, Tristram Hunt (ed.), V&A: London, 2019, p. 171). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Johanna Agerman Ross, 'Fold-up Chair' in The Lives of the Objects, Tristram Hunt (ed.), V&A: London, 2019
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| Accession number | E.1123-1983 |
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| Record created | September 8, 2008 |
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