Health Chair
1938 · Steel and lacquered plywood
26 1/4 x 17 1/8 x 19 1/2" (66.7 x 43.5 x 49.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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The Ironrite Ironer Co., Detroit, MI
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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1947–1948
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Useful Objects Under $10
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941–1942
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Useful Objects of American Design under $10
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
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The Ironrite Ironer Co. was an American manufacturer based in Detroit, Michigan, founded in 1911. The company produced commercial and domestic pressing equipment that became iconic fixtures of postwar American laundries and households. Ironrite's streamlined steel and chrome machines exemplified the industrial design aesthetics of mid-century manufacturing, combining functional engineering with a distinctive visual presence that reflected modernist principles of efficiency and form. The company's equipment remains a recognized artifact of American labor and domestic technology history.
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