Important Design 
8 June 2010
Important Design 
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Davis Allen

armchair from the Inland Steel Company Building, Chicago

Gratz Industries
USA, 1958
stainless steel, upholstery 31 h × 26½ w × 27 d in (79 × 67 × 69 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $7,500
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The Inland Steel Company building in Chicago was the first corporate interior designed Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Davis Allen. This example, from this interior, is upholstered in Jack Lenor Larsen's Doria fabric.
provenance: Inland Steel Company, Chicago | Private collection
literature: Davis Allen: Forty Years of Interior Design at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Slavin, ppg. 26-31 discuss project

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