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Carl Anderson and Ross Bellah

chaise

USA, 1941-1942
upholstery, beech plywood 32 h × 22 w × 58 d in (81 × 56 × 147 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $6,875
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literature: Organic Design in Home Furnishings, Noyes, ppg. 31-32 illustrate variation House and Garden, May 1942, pg. 41 illustrates variation

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From the Organic Design Competition

Furniture by Anderson and Bellah

This chaise form (originally in rattan) was initially introduced by Carl Anderson and Ross Bellah at the Organic Design Competition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1941 where it received honorable mention. 

One of the drawings submitted for the competition by Anderson and Bellah. (Organic Design in Home Furnishings, Noyes, pg. 31)

 

(Organic Design in Home Furnishings, Noyes, ppg. 32-33)

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