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cf. Cara Greenberg, Mid-Century Modern, Furniture of the 1950's, New York: Harmony Books, 1984, p. 64 for an illustration of that model
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ELASTIC AND BLACK PAINTED METAL 'SPIDER' CHAIRS, designed by Hoffer, circa 1950, the red and white, and red and black elastic wire seat mounted on a circular black painted metal frame with three articulated feet, (elastic wires loose)--28 3/4 in. (73 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) diameter