ChairIndex
Movements

1920s–1940s

Modernism

The broad movement toward function, simplicity and rejection of historical ornament.

Chairs in this movement

Cane & Frame Safari Chair

Studio Attributed

1933 · Modernism

1930s

Cane & Frame Safari Chair

Studio Attributed

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