Lounge chair with red and black cover from Muse Bar, the home bar of Isaiah Muse
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Isaiah Muse, American, 1919 - 2012
notes: label: Description
content: A lounge chair with a red and black-patterned vinyl cover. The chair has an oversized molded seatback in a wrap bucket shape, and a padded seat with edges that flare slightly away from the back. The seat back has a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The seat vinyl is stapled to the underside of the chair frame, and the stapled seam is covered with a piece of card stock. The seat is fixed to one (1) post with a four (4) blade base, with each blade angling downwards and casters on each blade. The chair seat is fixed to the base, but the chair swivels on the casters. Each blade is tipped with a small protruding finial on top of each caster.
place: label: Place used
content: South Shore, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra Fay Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.101.4.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cocktail lounges
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: metal, vinyl, padding and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 34 x 24 x 21 in. (86.4 x 61 x 53.3 cm)