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ID: 700009220
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009220
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Model 666WSP Chair (chair (furniture form); designed by Jens Risom (American, 1916-2016); manufactured b...; 1943; Cooper-Hewitt Museum (New York City, New York state, United ...; 1991-59-178; Object ID 18636863; Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dw6e/)
Note: This side chair was one of the fifteen pieces designed by Risom that were included in Knoll’s first catalog in 1942. For this chair, with few parts and simple construction requirements, Risom used non-wartime-critical softwoods and surplus military cloth that was bleached and dyed.
Titles:
Model 666WSP Chair (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,P)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
chair (furniture form) [300037772] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, seating furniture, single seating furniture)

Classifications:
furniture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1943

Creator Display:
designed by Jens Risom (American, 1916-2016); manufactured by Knoll (American design firm, establsihed 1938) [preferred]
designer Risom, Jens (American furniture designer, 1916-2016, born in Denmark) Extent: design [500253380]
manufactory Knoll (American design firm and furniture manufactory, established 1938) Extent: execution [500330427]
Locations:
Current: Cooper-Hewitt Museum (New York City, New York state, United States) [500243970] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 1991-59-178; Object ID 18636863; Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dw6e/
Credit Line: Gift of Mel Byars
Display Materials: wood, cotton webbing
webbing (process) [300231168]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <upholstering and upholstering techniques>, upholstering techniques)
wood (plant material) [300011914]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)
cotton (fiber) [300183670]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, fiber, natural fiber, plant fiber)
webbing (woven cloth) [300204912]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

Dimensions: 78.5 x 44.3 x 48 cm (30 7/8 x 17 7/16 x 18 7/8 inches)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Mid-Century Modernist [300343610] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 architecture and design styles and movements>)

General Subject:
furniture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Model 666WSP Chair........ [VP]
........ Cooper Hewitt [online] (2017-) accessed 17 January 2017
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... Cooper Hewitt [online] (2017-) Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dw6e/; accessed 17 January 2017
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Cooper Hewitt [online] (2017-) transcribed, accessed 29 May 2018
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