Chair design
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Isaacs Portrait in Superchair, Detail of Contact Sheet
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_69_26_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Mounting the Back Support; Injection Molded Cube Chair
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_08_03_01
Dates:
Digitized: 202101_08_03_01
Ralph Rapson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2012-01
Abstract
Ralph Rapson, born on September 13, 1914, in Alma, Michigan, won a scholarship to the University of Michigan's College of Architecture in 1935. Admitted to the Phi Kappa Phi Society in 1938, he was encouraged to apply for the George G. Booth Travelling Fellowship in Architecture. He did not receive the fellowship but his submission impressed Eliel Saarinen, who offered Rapson a scholarship to attend the Academy of Art, where he helped Saarinen on a planning project for the State Capitol...
Dates:
1935 - 1954
Red Chair with Yellow Backdrop
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_67_17_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06
Superchair by Ken Isaacs Limited
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_50_09_05
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Swanson Associates, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: 2009-01
Abstract
Swanson Associates, Inc., an architectural and planning firm that incorporated interior design, was established in 1947 by J. Robert F. Swanson and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson. In December 1965, it split into two affiliated companies, Swanson Associates, Inc., and Countryside Investment Corporation, which managed rental and investment assets. Pipsan was its director and the Swanson family owned its stock. In 1973, Ludwig Jorgensen negotiated the purchase of the Lone Pine Inn from the Cranbrook...
Dates:
1924 - 1982
J. Robert F. and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-01
Abstract
Jons Robert (Bob) Ferdinand Swanson (1900-1981) graduated from the University of Michigan School of Architecture in 1924, where he had and become friends with Henry Scripps Booth. In 1924, they established the architectural firm, Swanson and Booth. In 1927, the partnership dissolved and Bob established his own practice. Eva Lisa (Pipsan) Saarinen (1905-1979), daughter of Eliel and Loja Saarinen, studied weaving, ceramics, and fabric design at University of Helskini. She married Bob in 1926...
Dates:
1900 - 1983
Yellow Chair with Red Backdrop
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_67_17_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06