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Noah Armchair (1988)

Nigel Coates

sandblasted ash seat, black metal frame

The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

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Classification:

Craft, Furniture

Materials:

Wood, Metal

Physical Object Description:

Chair with seat and back rest of sand blasted ash, the frame and three legs of blackened steel. Sand-blasted ash seat with blackened steel frame. The seat is of ogee shape with projections on each side of the front, and a slight ridge in the centre. It is supported on three tubular legs linked by an A-shaped stretcher. The two front legs have pointed, outward curving terminations; the back leg continues upwards through a hole in the seat to sjupport the curved back rest. This curves downwards, and passes under the side projections of the seat, and over the top of the front legs, and is secured on top of the seat by a nut and bolt.

Dimensions:

72 x 67 x 60 cm

Accession Number:

M.15-1996

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1996

Scheme:

Historic Craft Purchase by Purchaser (1949-2010)

Ownership history:

Purchased from SCP Ltd by Perter Dormer for the Contemporary Art Society, 1994; presented to The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, 1996

Relationship:

Peter Dormer SCP (Sheridan Coakley Products) Limited, London The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Subject:

Furniture, Chair, British post-modernism

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Artist Bio

Nigel Coates

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