Wishbone Chair
Arthur Espenet Carpenter (American, 1920–2006)
- Maker
- Arthur Espenet Carpenter (American, 1920–2006)
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- Walnut and leather
- Dimensions
- 31.1 x 21.3 x 21.5 in. (79.1 x 54 x 54.6 cm)
- Form
- Chair
- Origin
- Bolinas
- Museum
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Accession
- 1999.70.1
- Credit line
- Yale University Art Gallery
This chair by Art Carpenter is richly evocative of the revival of crafts in the United States following World War II and represents the idea of the self-taught furniture maker. Other related objects in the collection are the chair by George Nakashima and the print table by Sam Maloof.