Amaza Gray Arm Chair
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Sitting in the Amaza Gray Arm Chair is like melting into a soft cloud. This modern accent chair features a robust solid wood frame and a seat and backrest specially designed to gently embrace your body, providing exceptional relaxation. The soft, bouclé fabric has an exquisite texture, adding endlessly to both its comfort and visual appeal. For further functionality, the chair's wooden legs are equipped with anti-slip pads, providing balance while effectively protecting floors from scratches and wear. A fantastically versatile piece, the Amaza Gray Arm Chair will be perfectly at home, whether in your living room, bedroom, family room or home office. A flawless way to bring a new level of luxury, comfort and style to your living and working spaces.
Editors' Note
This chair is named for Amaza Lee Meredith (1895 – 1984), a pioneering educator and architect of the early 20th century. Amaza was born to a bi-racial couple, Emma Kenney and Samuel Meredith in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1895. A carpenter by trade, her father designed and built their family home, and was the first to spark Amaza's interest in architecture. He would also be the first to impede her once she made her ambition to become an architect known, causing her initially to pursue a career as a teacher instead. Over the years she acquired certifications for teaching at progressively higher levels of education, along the way meeting Edna Meade Colson, one of her first instructors at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, with whom she would be romantically involved for the rest of her life. The pair would travel to New York to pursue studies at Columbia University. There, Amaza would study art theory and practice under Arthur Wesley Dow — a former teacher of Lois Mailou Jones. After graduation Amaza made renewed forays into architecture, designing the couple's home in Virginia. The result, Azurest, was one of the first homes in Virginia to exemplify the newly emerging International style of architecture that would flourish between the 1920's and 70s. In 1935, she founded the arts department of Virginia State University. In 1939, the year of Azurest's completion, Amaza joined with her sister — and fellow teacher — Maude Terry and Maude's daughter and and son-in-law, Iris and Frederick Richards — both Harlem physicians — to purchase land in Long Island, NY. There they founded Azurest North — her home with Colson thenceforth being known as "Azurest South" — which they envisioned as a vacation resort community for middle class African Americans and an escape from racism and segregation. Meredith designed several homes for the property, including Terry Cottage, the first house constructed at Azurest North. Designed in the International style and drawing inspiration from modernists such as Le Corbusier, the house was completed in 1940. The community exists today, a continuation of Sag Harbor's remarkable history as an oasis for Black people. Meredith retired from Virginia State's arts department in 1958. In addition to her architectural achievements, her artwork has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Details
Sitting in the Amaza Gray Arm Chair is like melting into a soft cloud. This modern accent chair features a robust solid wood frame and a seat and backrest specially designed to gently embrace your body, providing exceptional relaxation. The soft, bouclé fabric has an exquisite texture, adding endlessly to both its comfort and visual appeal. For further functionality, the chair's wooden legs are equipped with anti-slip pads, providing balance while effectively protecting floors from scratches and wear. A fantastically versatile piece, the Amaza Gray Arm Chair will be perfectly at home, whether in your living room, bedroom, family room or home office. A flawless way to bring a new level of luxury, comfort and style to your living and working spaces.
Editors' Note
This chair is named for Amaza Lee Meredith (1895 – 1984), a pioneering educator and architect of the early 20th century. Amaza was born to a bi-racial couple, Emma Kenney and Samuel Meredith in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1895. A carpenter by trade, her father designed and built their family home, and was the first to spark Amaza's interest in architecture. He would also be the first to impede her once she made her ambition to become an architect known, causing her initially to pursue a career as a teacher instead. Over the years she acquired certifications for teaching at progressively higher levels of education, along the way meeting Edna Meade Colson, one of her first instructors at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, with whom she would be romantically involved for the rest of her life. The pair would travel to New York to pursue studies at Columbia University. There, Amaza would study art theory and practice under Arthur Wesley Dow — a former teacher of Lois Mailou Jones. After graduation Amaza made renewed forays into architecture, designing the couple's home in Virginia. The result, Azurest, was one of the first homes in Virginia to exemplify the newly emerging International style of architecture that would flourish between the 1920's and 70s. In 1935, she founded the arts department of Virginia State University. In 1939, the year of Azurest's completion, Amaza joined with her sister — and fellow teacher — Maude Terry and Maude's daughter and and son-in-law, Iris and Frederick Richards — both Harlem physicians — to purchase land in Long Island, NY. There they founded Azurest North — her home with Colson thenceforth being known as "Azurest South" — which they envisioned as a vacation resort community for middle class African Americans and an escape from racism and segregation. Meredith designed several homes for the property, including Terry Cottage, the first house constructed at Azurest North. Designed in the International style and drawing inspiration from modernists such as Le Corbusier, the house was completed in 1940. The community exists today, a continuation of Sag Harbor's remarkable history as an oasis for Black people. Meredith retired from Virginia State's arts department in 1958. In addition to her architectural achievements, her artwork has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Details
Sitting in the Amaza Gray Arm Chair is like melting into a soft cloud. This modern accent chair features a robust solid wood frame and a seat and backrest specially designed to gently embrace your body, providing exceptional relaxation. The soft, bouclé fabric has an exquisite texture, adding endlessly to both its comfort and visual appeal. For further functionality, the chair's wooden legs are equipped with anti-slip pads, providing balance while effectively protecting floors from scratches and wear. A fantastically versatile piece, the Amaza Gray Arm Chair will be perfectly at home, whether in your living room, bedroom, family room or home office. A flawless way to bring a new level of luxury, comfort and style to your living and working spaces.
Editors' Note
This chair is named for Amaza Lee Meredith (1895 – 1984), a pioneering educator and architect of the early 20th century. Amaza was born to a bi-racial couple, Emma Kenney and Samuel Meredith in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1895. A carpenter by trade, her father designed and built their family home, and was the first to spark Amaza's interest in architecture. He would also be the first to impede her once she made her ambition to become an architect known, causing her initially to pursue a career as a teacher instead. Over the years she acquired certifications for teaching at progressively higher levels of education, along the way meeting Edna Meade Colson, one of her first instructors at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, with whom she would be romantically involved for the rest of her life. The pair would travel to New York to pursue studies at Columbia University. There, Amaza would study art theory and practice under Arthur Wesley Dow — a former teacher of Lois Mailou Jones. After graduation Amaza made renewed forays into architecture, designing the couple's home in Virginia. The result, Azurest, was one of the first homes in Virginia to exemplify the newly emerging International style of architecture that would flourish between the 1920's and 70s. In 1935, she founded the arts department of Virginia State University. In 1939, the year of Azurest's completion, Amaza joined with her sister — and fellow teacher — Maude Terry and Maude's daughter and and son-in-law, Iris and Frederick Richards — both Harlem physicians — to purchase land in Long Island, NY. There they founded Azurest North — her home with Colson thenceforth being known as "Azurest South" — which they envisioned as a vacation resort community for middle class African Americans and an escape from racism and segregation. Meredith designed several homes for the property, including Terry Cottage, the first house constructed at Azurest North. Designed in the International style and drawing inspiration from modernists such as Le Corbusier, the house was completed in 1940. The community exists today, a continuation of Sag Harbor's remarkable history as an oasis for Black people. Meredith retired from Virginia State's arts department in 1958. In addition to her architectural achievements, her artwork has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Additional Details
Single arm chair
Color: Gray
Material: Bouclé, Wood
Dimensions:33.5" x 5.5" x 33.5"
Weight:46.3 lbs
Weight Capacity: 330 lbs
Made to order
Ships within the continental US in 3-4 weeks
