Armchairs used on The Oprah Winfrey Show
date: label: Date
content: 1996-1998
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Harpo, Inc., American, founded 1986
label: Used by
content: Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
notes: label: Description
content: These two ochre textured leather armchairs, both alike, were used on the set of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Each chair is shaped with a deep, rectangular seat, padded arms with a slight, rounded curve, and a padded back with a scalloped top edge. The padded seat cushion for each chair is attached at the back of the chair with two (2) lengths of black elastic with a metal D-ring that fasten to corresponding metal clips on the cushion. Four (4) dark-stained short wooden legs extend from each bottom corner of the chairs. Decorative piping in the ochre leather is sewn around the edges of the back, the front arms, and the seat cushion. Under the cushion, the chair is lined with matching ochre heavy-weight fabric. A label for the upholstery company Weber Furniture Service LLC is adhered to the lining at the front edge of the seat.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Television
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Props and Set Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.324.4.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: chairs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, foam, wood, metal, and cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1): 34 1/2 × 37 × 35 1/2 in. (87.6 × 94 × 90.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2): 35 1/2 × 37 1/2 × 36 1/2 in. (90.2 × 95.3 × 92.7 cm)