Lounge Chair

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Lounge Chair

1932

Made by Lloyd Manufacturing Company, Menominee, Michigan, 1906 - c. 1976/7 Designed by George Howe & William E. Lescaze, Philadelphia (partnership 1929–1934)

In 1926, the president of the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (PSFS), James M. Willcox, commissioned architect George Howe (1886–1955) to design a skyscraper at 12th and Market Streets that incorporated bank and executive offices, rental offices, and shops. More proficient with historical architectural vocabulary than with Modernist, Howe joined forces with the Swiss-born William Lescaze (1896–1969), who was eager to establish a reputation for himself in the industrial style in America. The partnership of Howe and Lescaze designed what became the most distinguished building on Philadelphia’s burgeoning skyline. To make the building a whole work of art, where each feature conformed to the Modernist sensibility, Howe and Lescaze also designed the furniture for the interior spaces. Tables and upholstered tubular steel furniture, like this piece, for lobbies and lounges were integral to the design for the building.

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Object Details

Titles:

Lounge Chair

Date:

1932

Artists:

Made by Lloyd Manufacturing Company, Menominee, Michigan, 1906 - c. 1976/7 Designed by George Howe & William E. Lescaze, Philadelphia (partnership 1929–1934)

Medium:

Leather and metal; replaced upholstery

Dimensions:

29 1/2 x 23 3/4 x 30 inches (74.9 x 60.3 x 76.2 cm)

Classification:

Furniture/Furnishings

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Philadelphia Museum of Art with a grant from Preservation Pennsylvania, 2004

Accession Number:

2004-13-4

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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