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1909	Work on this object began.
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1956	We acquired this object.
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Picture Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard

It was designed by Hector Guimard. It is dated 1909–1913 and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is fruitwood (pearwood?), gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Madame Hector Guimard. It is credited Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.

No. 8 Bench
bent beech wood, caning.
Museum purchase through gift of American Institute of Interior Designers.
1969-103-1

An undulating chair formed from a bent and molded birch-faced, light chestnut-colored plywood seat, and a curvilinear, sand-colored bent birch frame. The wave-like seat panel starts with a back-curved head rest descending on an angled plane to the bottom of the spine before heading up to bend at the knee area and descend slightly at the calf. The seat is supported by a curved frame which stretches backwards to a cross bar and supports the back legs, forming a trapezoidal shape. The arms are formed from two undulating bent-birch strips which mirror the curves of the seat and are joined to the back legs.

Long Chair Chair
birch (frame), birch-faced plywood (seat).
Museum purchase through gift of George R. Kravis II, Anonymous Donor, and....
2013-17-1

Western Methodist Book Concern Building, Chicago, Illinois (Harry Bergen Wheelock, architect)
Architectural Panel

Western Methodist Book Concern Building, Chicago, Illinois (Harry Bergen...
molded terracotta.
Gift of Peter R. Miller.
1991-153-4

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Frieze (USA)
machine-printed paper.
Gift of Victorian Collectibles.
1979-91-193

A short creamy beige-colored silk curtain, embroidered in silk of the same shade. The curtain is rectangular except for a curved upper right corner; small brass rings are fitted along the top edge into the curve. The elegant embroidery stretches inside the sides and top of the curtain: long thin lines of attenuated design, vaguely like long curving blades of grass in the heavier upper sections. Parts of the design are worked around small inserted pieces of netting, allowing the white background to show through.

Curtains (France)
silk, brass rings.
Gift of Madame Hector Guimard.
1949-91-2-a,b

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 60.5 x 47 x 4 cm (23 13/16 x 18 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Picture Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard; Designed by Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); fruitwood (pearwood?), gold; H x W x D: 60.5 x 47 x 4 cm (23 13/16 x 18 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.); Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1956-76-9

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Thom Browne Selects.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CmTx/
Accession Number 1956-76-9
Object ID 18410797