Sideboard from "The Kem Weber Group"

Sideboard from "The Kem Weber Group"

1928–1929

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designed by

Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber

(American, b. Germany, 1889–1963)

manufacturer

Grand Rapids Chair Company

(American)

Sage green painted wood

Overall: 83.9 x 182.8 x 48.3 cm (33 1/16 x 71 15/16 x 19 in.)

The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Fund 2003.4.2

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This chair and sideboard by Kem Weber combine the linear impact of urban architecture with decorative detailing inspired by Mayan temples, the two most influential visual references used by modernist designers in the late 1920s.

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