Mushroom Armchair, Model 560
Paulin, Pierre; Artifort (Firm)
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Alternative Title
Fauteuil 560
Date
2015-01-06Description
Chair on exhibit (blue chair in the foreground); The chair, which swivels, is made of a steel tubing frame padded with Polyurethane foam and covered with a fabric "skin" made of wool crepe and Spandex. It was designed for and manufactured by Artifort, a Dutch company. The model is still being produced by Artifort. Apart from furniture, Paulin also designed interiors for the French presidents Pompidou and Mitterrand in the Elysée Palace in Paris. Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ (accessed 5/23/2014)
Type of Work
chair (furniture form)Subject
decorative arts, Twentieth century, Modernist
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only