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Alexander J. Forbes
Side Chairdesigned 1894, made circa 1896 after chair designs for the Swedenborgian Church

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Small ladder-back chair with dark espresso-stained wood frame and woven rush seat in a chevron pattern, photographed from a three-quarter angle
Wooden chair with dark reddish-brown finish, ladder-back design with two horizontal slats, and a woven rush seat in a herringbone pattern; square-sectioned legs joined by stretchers.

Alexander J. Forbes, Side Chair, designed 1894, made circa 1896 after chair designs for the Swedenborgian Church, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Decorative Arts Council Fund in honor of Patricia M. Fletcher in recognition of her dedicated service, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Made by
Alexander J. Forbes
United States, California, San Francisco
Title
Side Chair
Place Made
United States
Date Made
designed 1894, made circa 1896 after chair designs for the Swedenborgian Church
Medium
Oak and tule grass (replaced)
Dimensions
36 1/4 x 21 x 19 3/4 in. (92 x 53.3 x 50.1 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Decorative Arts Council Fund in honor of Patricia M. Fletcher in recognition of her dedicated service
Accession Number
M.89.52
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Kaplan, Wendy; contributions by Crawford, Alan; Joppien, Rüdiger; Kinchin, Juliet; Ogata, Amy F.; Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet; Witt-Dörring, Christian. The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004.
  • Koplos, Janet, and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: a History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.

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