Tongue Chair
Paulin, Pierre
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Alternative Titles
Siège 577 dit "Langue"
Chair, model 577 called "Tongue"
Date
1967Description
Set of four stacking chairs shown on exhibit; Set of four stacking chairs in brown, yellow and light and dark orange. They are made of steel tubing frames filled with latex foam and covered with a stretchable polyester jersey fabric. Commissioned and manufactured by the Dutch company Artifort. While not overt, the reference to a tongue fits in the Pop vogue of 1967, when they were designed. Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ (accessed 5/23/2014)
Type of Work
chair (furniture form)Subject
contemporary (1960 to present), decorative arts, Twentieth century, Pop
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