Design
ca. 1965-70 (made)
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Rough pencil sketch of the side elevation of a fold-up chair with an S-bend frame and cushioned seat.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Rough sketch of a fold-up chair with S-bend frame, pencil on paper, Eileen Gray, France, ca. 1965-70 |
| Physical description | Rough pencil sketch of the side elevation of a fold-up chair with an S-bend frame and cushioned seat. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed in pencil with dimensions and 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). |
| Production | This drawing and E.1120-3-1983 were probably made with the intention of putting the 'S' bend chair back into production in the late 1960's. It was first designed in 1938. |
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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.1124-1983 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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