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USA, c. 1955
upholstery, chrome-plated steel 27 h × 32 w × 31 d in (69 × 81 × 79 cm)
upholstery, chrome-plated steel 27 h × 32 w × 31 d in (69 × 81 × 79 cm)
estimate: $200–300
result: $438
This design was used by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in several interiors including the Reynolds Metals Company office building in Richmond, Virginia (1955-58) and in the executive dining rooms of the Chase Manhattan Bank office building in New York City (1957-61).
Upholstery label to underside ‘Exclusively for you by Emanuel Decorators, Emanuel Cappello’. Sold with a copy of Som: Architecture of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, 1950-1962 by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Ernst Danz.
literature: Som: Architecture of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, 1950-1962, Hitchcock and Danz, ppg. 88-89, 1960