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Trylon and Perisphere Chair

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1939-1940 Material: height: 36 x width: 17 x depth: 18 3/4 inches Dimension: wood
Identifier: aql:2452 2014.30.1WF39 QMOA

Description: Wooden armchair with a semi-circular backrest. An outline of the Trylon and Perisphere is carved into the backrest of the chair.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Date : 1939-1940

Summary/Description : Wooden armchair with a semi-circular backrest. An outline of the Trylon and Perisphere is carved into the backrest of the chair.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Theme Center

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Coverage : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Armchairs

Format : height: 36 x width: 17 x depth: 18 3/4 inches; wood

Identifier : aql:2452 2014.30.1WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Theme Center
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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