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Henry Mather Greene
Armchair from the Living Room of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California1907

On view:
Geffen Galleries, floor 1
Oak armchair with chestnut-brown finish, burnt-orange leather seat cushion, pierced vertical back slats, and dark square inlaid joint details throughout

Henry Mather Greene, Charles Sumner Greene, Peter Hall Manufacturing Company, Armchair from the Living Room of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, 1907 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designed by
Henry Mather Greene
United States, California, 1870-1954
Designed by
Charles Sumner Greene
United States, California, 1868-1957
Made by
Peter Hall Manufacturing Company
Title
Armchair from the Living Room of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1907
Medium
Mahogany, ebony, oak, and replaced upholstery
Dimensions
33 3/8 x 24 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (84.77 x 61.6 x 54.93 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans
Accession Number
M.89.151.4
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.
  • Kaplan, Wendy; W. Braznell; R. Clark; E. Cooke; E. Denker; B. Denker; R. Edwards; J. Fairbanks; S. Kinsey; G. Moss; C. Robertson; S. Thompson; R. Wilson; Catherine Zusy. "The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1987.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Tigerman, Bobbye, and Monica Obniski. Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2020.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Transformation: the LACMA Campaign. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2008.