The development and increased use of plastics during the Depression offered furniture designers of the 1930's and 40's new materials for their designs. Among these plastics, lucite was particularly popluar and wad adapted to various designs. Elsie de Wolfe designed a lucite chair in circa 1939 for Hope Hampton with a scalloped back based on a Biedermeier model. Cora Scovill also executed various furniture forms in lucite based on historical models (High Styles: Twentieth Century American Design, The Whitney Museum of American Art, September 1985-February 1986, p. 105, fig. 3.20-3.21).