A PAIR OF BRUSHED ALUMINUM FOLDING DECK CHAIRS AND AN ALUMINUM, METAL AND GLASS SIDE TABLE FOR THE S.S. UNITED STATES, CIRCA 1952
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American
A Pair of Brushed Aluminum Folding Deck Chairs and an Aluminum, Metal and Glass Side Table for the S.S. United States, circa 1952
webbed plastic seats
each chair 35½ in. (90.2 cm.) high, 24½ in. (62.2 cm.) wide, 63 in. (160 cm.) long; table: 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, 31 in. (78.8 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
each chair with metal label 'TROY Mfg. by the The Troy Sunshade Co./Division of The Hobart Mfg. Co./Troy, Ohio U.S.A.'; the table with scratched numbers to the underside '31-1 31-2 31-3 31-4' (3)
Provenance
Pat Palumbo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Lot Essay
Two deck chairs of this design are in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the gift of Barbara Jakobson.