Jere Osgood
Chair, 1990
Availability: SOLD
Material: Ash, leather
Dimensions: 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 32 in | Seat Height 17 1/2 in
Signed “Jere Osgood Wilton N.H. 1990” underneath seat
A chair by American Studio Craft master and educator Jere Osgood. The chair, constructed from ash, includes curvilinear forms signature of Osgood. Additionally, the chair’s crest rail is a sculptural form which protrudes from the piece’s main footprint.
Jere Osgood was born and raised in Staten Island, NY. Osgood was encouraged and taught how to use tools at a young age. He studied architecture at the University of Illinois but left after two years to pursue furniture design and fabrication. Thereafter, he enrolled at the School of American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology and learned furniture making under Tage Frid. Osgood was also influenced by the work of Wharton Esherick. He completed the four-year program in about two years, receiving his B.F.A. in 1960. He supported himself while in school by fabricating and selling small wood objects of his own design. Osgood was interested in the modern furniture being made in Scandinavia and studied in Denmark in 1960-61.
| Dimensions | 27.5 × 19.5 × 32 in |
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| Date | 1990 |
| Material | ash, Leather |
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