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Culture Desk: The Expensive, Uncomfortable Chair

Photo by Brooks Museum

This week, WKNO's Culture Desk takes a look at a chair in the Brooks Museumthat could either fetch a pretty penny at an auction or be used to make house guests feel extremely unwelcome. Curator Stanton Thomas explains why this architecturally significant piece of furniture was both loved and hated by its owners.

Tall Back Chair, 1904

Artist: Frank Lloyd Wright , American, 1867 - 1959 

Medium: Oak

52 x 16 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (132.1 x 41.3 x 48.9 cm)

Credit Line: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided through exchange by Mary Ann Robinson and the Decorative Arts Trust

Object Number: 86.21

 

Reporting from the gates of Graceland to the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Christopher has covered Memphis news, arts, culture and politics for more than 20 years in print and on the radio. He is currently WKNO's News Director and Senior Producer at the University of Memphis' Institute for Public Service Reporting. Join his conversations about the Memphis arts scene on the WKNO Culture Desk Facebook page.