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Richard Riemerschmid
Armchair1900

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Wooden armchair with hourglass-shaped back splat, pierced crest rail, triangular seat, and angled legs, in chestnut brown finish

Richard Riemerschmid, J. Fleischauer Sohne, Armchair, 1900, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ellen and Max Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designed by
Richard Riemerschmid
Germany, Munich, 1868-1957
Made by
J. Fleischauer Sohne
Germany, Nuremberg
Title
Armchair
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1900
Medium
Oak
Dimensions
33 1/4 × 23 × 20 3/16 in. (84.46 × 58.42 × 51.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ellen and Max Palevsky
Accession Number
AC1997.211.13
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.

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