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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2010


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Child's chair

designed 1945; made 1945
Designed by Charles Eames
Designed by Ray Eames
Manufactured by Evans Products Company (Molded Plywood Division)
Overall: 36.8 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)
Molded plywood with original red stain

Classification: Furniture

Object Place: Venice, California

Accession number: 2010.28

Location: The 1940s and 1950s

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; by January 2010, Mark McDonald, 330 Gallery, Hudson, NY; 2010, purchased from McDonald by the MFA. (Accession Date: February 24, 2010)

Museum purchase with funds donated by Barbara L. and Theodore B. Alfond, J. Parker Prindle, Mr. James G. Hinkle, Jr. and Mr. Roy Hammer, Anne M. Beha and Robert A. Radloff, and Henry H. Hoyt, Jr. in honor of Jonathan L. Fairbanks