Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: 'Mamma' Rocking Chair

Collection: 
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title: 
'Mamma' Rocking Chair
Alternate Title: 
Chaise berçante 'Mamma'
Image View: 
Overall three-quarter view from the back, in exhibit
Creator: 
Patrick Messier (Canadian industrial designer, born 1974)
Location: 
repository: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Québec, Canada) 2006.572
Location Note: 
National Battlefields Park; 179 Grande Allée Ouest
GPS: 
+46.801106-71.225064
Date: 
2005 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Canadian
Style Period: 
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1: 
rocking chair
Classification: 
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material: 
fiberglass with high gloss urethane coating
Technique: 
molding (forming)
Measurements: 
94.9 cm (height) x 66.5 (width) x 116.8 cm (depth)
Subjects: 
contemporary (1960 to present); decorative arts
Description: 
President of the Association of Canadian Industrial Designers from 2008 to 2010, Patrick Messier started his career at Michel Dallaire Designers. In 1999, he founded Messier Designers. The 'Mamma' Rocking Chair won the 2006 Best of Canada award. It has been retailed in limited editions. (Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [website]; www.mnbaq.org/)
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Twelve
Identifier: 
8A1-MESSL-MRC-A04
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.