Design 
13 December 2023
Design 
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Paul T. Frankl

Rare armchair

USA, c. 1929
nickel-plated steel, leather 31½ h × 26 w × 33 d in (80 × 66 × 84 cm)
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $30,240
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provenance: Jed Johnson, New York | As Time Goes By, New York | Historical Design, New York, circa 1984 | Sotheby's, New York, Important 20th Century Design, 18 December 2004, Lot 700 | Private Collection | Christies, Design, 14 June 2012, Lot 700 | Private Collection
exhibited: The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941, 17 October 1986 - 16 February 1987, The Brooklyn Museum, New York
literature: The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941, Wilson, Pilgrim and Tashjan, pg. 285 illustrates this example Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design, Long, pg. 98 illustrates this example

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