"Tube" Chair
Object type: Chair
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Joe Colombo|Flexform
Artist bio: Italian, Milan 1930–1971 Milan| 
Artist role: Designer|Manufacturer
Artist nationality: Italian| 
Date: 1969–70
Medium: PVC plastic (polyvinyl chloride), tubular steel, rubber, polyurethane foam, synthetic knit upholstery
Dimensions: Outer dimensions 1987.98.1a: 24 in. × 19 1/2 in. (61 × 49.5 cm)
Outer dimensions 1987.98.1b: 24 in. × 15 3/4 in. (61 × 40 cm)
Outer dimensions 1987.98.1c: 24 in. × 11 1/2 in. (61 × 29.2 cm)
Outer dimensions 1987.98.1d: 24 in. × 7 in. (61 × 17.8 cm)
Inner diameter 1987.98.1a: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Inner diameter 1987.98.1b: 12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
Inner diameter 1987.98.1c: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Inner diameter 1987.98.1d: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Mount (6 Original metal clamps): 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (8.9 × 7 cm)
Mount (8 Replacement metal clamps): 4 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (11.7 × 7 cm)
Mount (Rubber balls 12 original and 12 replacement): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification: Furniture
Credit line: Purchase, Theodore R. Gamble Jr. Gift, in honor of his mother, Mrs. Theodore Robert Gamble, 1987
Accession year: 1987