UPUAN: Philippine Seating Arrangements During the American Colonial Era at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila

UPUAN: Philippine Seating Arrangements During the American Colonial Era is still on view at the Tall Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. The exhibit will run until November 4, 2006.

The exhibition showcases a collection of different chairs created during the American Colonial Period (1901 to 1941). It explores the deeper social and political meanings of chairs as well as of seating practices in Filipino domestic environment during the first half of the 20th century. Themes covered include vanity, colonial discipline, public health, modernity, aesthetic movements and design sensibilities.

The Metropolitan Museum of Manila is located at the Central Bank Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines 1104.

For inquiries, email info@metmuseum.ph or call (632) 536-1566, (632) 521-1517.