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Side chair (one of four)
Tage Frid (American, born in Denmark, 1915–2004)
1979
Object Place: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/Technique
Cherry; leather
Dimensions
79.37 x 49.85 x 48.26 cm (31 1/4 x 19 5/8 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Deborah M. Noonan Foundation
Accession Number1979.278
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
DescriptionSaber legs, front and rear. Rear stiles form convex curve, in profile; laminated construction. Leather upholstered seat contilevered over edge of frame. Crest rail supported by rear posts that taper upward from seat.
InscriptionsInscribed into interior of rear rail: "Tage Frid / 1979"
Provenance1979, commissioned from the artist as part of the MFA's Please Be Seated program. (Accession date: June 20, 1979)