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Thomas Loeser

Folding Chair

Maker

Thomas Loeser (American, b. 1956)

Title

Folding Chair

Year

1988

Medium

  • Birch plywood,
  • enamel paint,
  • stainless steel,
  • maple

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Birch plywood,
  • enamel paint,
  • stainless steel,
  • Maple

Materials

polychrome enamel paint, stainless steel, birch

Geography

Place Made: Cambridge; Place Made: Massachusetts

Dimensions

88.9 x 69.9 x 3.2 cm (35 x 27 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches) folded

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase with the aid of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Felicia Fund

Object Number

1988.063

Type

  • Furniture

Exhibition History

Zig-Zag Chairs and Wobbly Mirrors
Twentieth-Century Furniture from the RISD Museum
Feb 07, 2003 – Apr 27, 2003
Contemporary Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection
Jul 07, 1995 – Oct 22, 1995
The Moderns
Twentieth-Century Art from the Permanent Collection
Aug 06, 1993 – Mar 13, 1994
The Art of this Century
Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection
Feb 01, 1991 – Jun 02, 1991
Contemporary Crafts
Ten Years of Collecting
Jan 19, 1990 – Mar 18, 1990

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Thomas Loeser (American, b. 1956)
Folding Chair, 1988
Birch plywood, enamel paint, stainless steel, maple
88.9 x 69.9 x 3.2 cm (35 x 27 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches) folded
Museum purchase with the aid of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Felicia Fund 1988.063

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