BA Side Chair
Ernest Race
British, 1913–1964
1945
A 1945 side chair by Ernest Race that pairs an enameled cast-aluminum frame with a plywood seat and cotton upholstery to create a lightweight, economical modern chair intended for efficient mass production.
Its slender, tapering black legs and gently curved, textured brown back and seat read as spare and precise, the upholstered forms appearing to float on crisply joined, machine-made metal supports.
Born of postwar design imperatives, the chair shows how midcentury makers used industrial materials and techniques to produce affordable, durable, and stylish furniture for a wide public, shaping later mass-produced modern seating.
Medium
Enameled cast aluminum, plywood, and cotton
Dimensions
30 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 19 1/4" (77.5 x 44.5 x 48.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Waldron Associates
Accession
127.1952
Palette
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