The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Armchair from "The Kem Weber Group"

Armchair from "The Kem Weber Group"

designed 1928–1929
(American, b. Germany, 1889–1963)
(American)
Overall: 105.4 x 53.4 x 50.8 cm (41 1/2 x 21 x 20 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017. Reproduced: fig. 363, p. 296 - 297
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (4/7/2017 - 8/20/2017) and The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (9/30/2017 - 1/14/2018): "The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s"
  • {{cite web|title=Armchair from "The Kem Weber Group"|url=false|author=Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber, Grand Rapids Chair Company|year=designed 1928–1929|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.4.1