Uhuru Design (2003-Present). <em>Standard Side Chair</em>, designed and made 2009. Steel, beech, aluminum, oil-based enamel paint, 39 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (101 x 45.1 x 55.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Uhuru Design, 2009.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.30_PS1.jpg)

Uhuru Design (2003-Present). Standard Side Chair, designed and made 2009. Steel, beech, aluminum, oil-based enamel paint, 39 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (101 x 45.1 x 55.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Uhuru Design, 2009.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.30_PS1.jpg)

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The chair back is made from a found Louis XVI-style fragment, and the seat and front legs are made of simply welded steel plate and aluminum.

Standard Side Chair

Decorative Arts

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

MANUFACTURER Uhuru Design, 2003-Present

DESIGNERS David Gaynor, American, born 1980; Bill Hilgendorf, American, born 1979; Jason Horvath, American, born 1978; Maria Cristina Rueda, American, born 1979

MEDIUM Steel, beech, aluminum, oil-based enamel paint

Place Manufactured: Brooklyn, New York, United States

DATES designed and made 2009

DIMENSIONS 39 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (101 x 45.1 x 55.2 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS Unmarked

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

EXHIBITIONS

Thinking Big: Recent Design Acquisitions

ACCESSION NUMBER 2009.30

CREDIT LINE Gift of Uhuru Design

RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY

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CAPTION Uhuru Design (2003-Present). Standard Side Chair, designed and made 2009. Steel, beech, aluminum, oil-based enamel paint, 39 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (101 x 45.1 x 55.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Uhuru Design, 2009.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.30_PS1.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 2009.30_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Purple, wooden Louis XVI-style oval chair back with floral and acanthus leaf carved decoration at crest, back inset with metal mesh; gadrooning on outer rim of front, columnar downward tapering fluted back legs, slightly bulbous sabot. Flat trapezoidal metal seat that flares toward front, welded squared continual legs and stretcher at ground level. Seat attached at back with four exposed screws. Condition: new/ unused.

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Download our app and ask your own questions during your visit. Here are some that others have asked.

Could I hear more about this chair? I find it interesting how the seat and front legs look so different from the back.

That is a very unique chair! It was manufactured by Uhuru Design, a Brooklyn-based furniture company known for its focus on sustainability and up-cycling of used materials.

The chair back is made from a found Louis XVI-style fragment, and the seat and front legs are made of simply welded steel plate and aluminum.