Washington Skeleton Aluminum Side Chair designed by Sir David Adjaye
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Designed by
content: Sir David Adjaye, British, born 1966
label: Manufactured by
content: Knoll, Inc., American, founded 1938
notes: label: Description
content: A Washington Skeleton Aluminum Side Chair designed by Sir David Adjaye. The chair body and legs are constructed from pieces of casted aluminum coated with copper plating. The chair has a cantilever design, with forked front legs that support the entire body of the chair. The chair body is constructed from a single piece of casted metal. It is armless, with a contemporary shaped chair back that widens at the shoulders, and a molded seat with slightly rounded edges and corners. The casted body features an open weave lattice design that integrates triangles, squares, rectangles, and chevrons in a symmetrical pattern. On the underside of the chair, near the seat edge, is a reproduction of the artist’s signature and the manufacturing information in raised, molded text that reads [David Adjaye / KnollStudio 2013]. The chair legs attach to chair body’s two molded chair leg tops that curve down from the front side corners of the chair seat, with mortise and tenon joints secured with copper plated screws. The legs extend diagonally towards the back of the chair, terminating below the chair back. The legs are forked at the midpoint with the forked offshoots extending diagonally toward the front of the chair, terminating below the seat edge. On the bottom of each leg prong is a black nylon glide held in place with two, silver tone, metal screws.
place: label: Place made
content: East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Furniture design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, GIft of Knoll
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.53.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: seats and seat components
label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: chairs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sir David Adjaye
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper on aluminum with nylon and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2022.53.2.1): 32 11/16 × 17 5/8 × 20 1/4 in. (83 × 44.8 × 51.5 cm)