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Armchair
Chrome-plated steel, naughyde
Designed by Kem Weber (1889-1963)
Manufactured by Lloyd Manufacturing
Co., Menominee, Michigan, 1934
Purchase with funds from the Decorative Arts
Acquisition Trust, 1988.224
Kem Weber used tubular chromed steel
and the new material of naugahyde to
create this teardrop-shaped chair. The
industrial materials and aerodynamic
form reflect the era's confidence in
the machine.
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