Womb Chair and Ottoman
- Maker
- Knoll Associates, New York, New York, founded 1938, East Greenville, Pennsylvania, founded 1938
- Date
- chair designed 1946–48, ottoman designed c.1950, manufactured 1972
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Furniture
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- chair: 35 1/2 x 39 x 34 1/2 in. (90.2 x 99.1 x 87.6 cm)
ottoman: 16 x 25 x 20 in. (40.6 x 63.5 x 50.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Bequest of Clella Bailey Slater
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 37:2008a,b
Provenance
by 2000 - 2008
Clella K. Slater, Urbana, IL [1]
2008 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Clella K. Slater [2]
Notes:
[1] SLAM curator Cara McCarty included this piece on a "wish list" compiled following a visit to Mrs. Slater's residence. [Per correspondence dated September 18, 2000, SLAM document files.]
[2] Per deed of gift dated December 8, 2008 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committtee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 9, 2009.
Clella K. Slater, Urbana, IL [1]
2008 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Clella K. Slater [2]
Notes:
[1] SLAM curator Cara McCarty included this piece on a "wish list" compiled following a visit to Mrs. Slater's residence. [Per correspondence dated September 18, 2000, SLAM document files.]
[2] Per deed of gift dated December 8, 2008 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committtee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 9, 2009.
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