Bellini Modern Chair
Bellini's aim in designing Chair 932 was to create an interchangeable system whereby cushions could be arranged to form a one, two or three seat chair,...
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Baseball Glove chair
Charles Eames, referring to the designing of his 1957 lounge chair once said he wanted to design a chair that would welcome the body, like a well-used b...
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Appoggio chair
Designed for standing with some of the weight off one's legs in spaces too restricted for sitting, the Appoggio is anatomically shaped to correspond to...
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Eames Lounge Chair
The only chair that Eames designed to achieve comfort both actual and psychological, this chair consists of a metal base which supports curved plywood p...
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Barcelona chair
This chair was designed by Mies van der Rohe for the German Government pavilion, which he designed for the Barcelona International Exhibition of 1929.
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Eames LCM chair
The LCM was technological in its design so it was an exceedingly advanced chair. Eames had been experimenting with formed plywood for a number of years...
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Dondolo Chair
Not only successful as an abstract sculpture, the Dondolo is also highly functional. It has great strength due to its pleated structure and gives good a...
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Eames Plywood Chair
The eventual separation of each plywood element removed the need for the overlapping, but the contours of the 670 can be discerned in this earlier model.
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Drum Chair
The same principles of construction used in the Torneraj apply to the Drum, showing again that almost any form can now be made to behave as a chair.
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Landi Chair by Hans Coray
Designed as a stacking park chair for the Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich in 1938, the Landi used the latest developments of the time in aluminium t...
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Mies van der Rohe MR chair
This chair was designed at the time of the earliest use of the cantilever principle for metal-frame chairs.
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Panton Stacking Plastic Modern Chair
This is the first single form plastic chair, and is still one of the most satisfying and sensible. Whether or not there was any direct influence, Panton...
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Marilyn Monroe lips chair
Marilyn is obviously an improved version of Salvador Dali's 'Mae West's Lips' of 1936.
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Lounge chair by Paulin
The shape of this chair is much more functional than a casual inspection would perhaps suggest.
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Rietveld Zig-zag chair
The Zigzag chair is a stark assertion of function - a platform and support for the seated human frame.
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Poul Kjaerholm - Chair 20
This chair is obviously developed from the Triennale chair: the supporting elements have all been simplified and the tension system is more explicit.
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Sling Chair by Clement Meadmore
The design of this chair grew out of an interest in the possibility of using the sling principle in an anatomically correct fashion, and in a way which...
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Soriana chair
The Scarpa's have here produced something close to the ultimate alternative to traditional upholstery. Upholstered chairs used to be made by skilled cra...
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PastiIIi or Gyro chair by Eero Aarnio
This chair is a two part fiberglass casting which is seamed around the perimeter of the form.
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Mies van der Rohe Tugendhat chair
This chair was designed, like the Brno for the Tugendhat House.
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Rowland Stacking Chair
The final design date for this chair is 1964, but the research and development of the chair itself, including special techniques and materials, began in...
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UP 1 modern chair
Gaetano Pesce is an architect, graphic artist and furniture designer. His Up 1 chair solved several problems in a unique and amusing way.
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Tripolina chair
This design was patented by Joseph Fenby, an inventor, in 1877. The chair was later manufactured in Italy as the Tripolina and in the United States as t...
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Wegner modern chair
This is perhaps the best known of Wegner's extensive range of chair designs. It epitomizes the characteristic qualities of his work - classicism, sophis...
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T chair
One of the most significant team efforts in furniture design has been the range of pieces of which this is the key example.
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Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen’s 1958 Egg Chair for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, a sculptural upholstered seat produced by Fritz Hansen.
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Tatlin modern chair
Vladimir Tatlin was a leader of the Russian Constructivist movement, and the Tatlin is the only existing chair from this period.
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Diamond Chair by Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia’s 1952 Diamond Chair for Knoll forms a broad, open seat from welded steel rods, joining sculptural shape with practical support.
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Womb Chair by Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen’s 1948 Womb Chair for Knoll, with an upholstered fiberglass shell shaped for relaxed sitting and a light steel rod base.
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Wing Chair by Hans J. Wegner
The CH445 Wing Chair by Hans J. Wegner combines a high upholstered back, a solid beech inner frame and a slender stainless steel base.
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Steltman Chair
A recently discovered Rietveld design of unknown date, this is quite a different concept from his Red-Blue and Berlin chairs with their delineation of l...
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Wishbone Chair by Hans J. Wegner
Hans J. Wegner’s CH24 Wishbone Chair, designed in 1949, combines a curved wooden top rail, Y-shaped back support and woven paper cord seat.
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Shell Chair by Hans J. Wegner
The 1963 CH07 Shell Chair by Hans J. Wegner uses upholstered veneer shells and three laminated legs to create a broad, low lounge seat.
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Bubble Chair by Eero Aarnio
Eero Aarnio’s transparent Bubble Chair of 1968 suspends an acrylic shell and padded seat from above, using a metal ring to frame the opening.
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Ant Chair by Arne Jacobsen
Jacobsen’s 1952 Ant Chair uses a narrow-waisted plywood shell and slender steel legs, joining industrial molding with practical canteen seating.
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Papa Bear Chair by Hans J. Wegner
Wegner’s 1951 Papa Bear Chair, now designated PP19, combines an upholstered wing back with exposed wooden arm tips and traditional padding.
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CH33 Chair by Hans J. Wegner
Hans J. Wegner’s CH33 dining chair of 1957 has a curved veneer backrest and tapered wooden frame; the CH33P version adds an upholstered seat.
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CH22 Lounge Chair by Hans J. Wegner
The CH22 lounge chair, part of Wegner’s first Carl Hansen & Søn collection, combines a broad wooden back with an exposed frame and cord seat.
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Red Blue Chair by Gerrit Rietveld
Rietveld’s Red Blue Chair combines separate wooden rails and planes; its primary colours, applied around 1923, connect the design with De Stijl.
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Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen designed the Swan Chair in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, giving its lobby seating a continuous curved outline.
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Series 7 Chair by Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen’s Series 7 chair of 1955 develops a continuous plywood seat and back, with nine layers of veneer supported by slim steel legs.
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Superleggera Chair by Gio Ponti
Gio Ponti’s 1957 Superleggera chair for Cassina refines a traditional wooden chair through narrow ash members, precise joints and a woven seat.
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Standard Chair by Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé’s Standard Chair uses broad hollow rear legs and narrow tubular front legs to express the different loads carried by its steel frame.
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Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio
Eero Aarnio’s Ball Chair was designed in 1963 and introduced internationally in 1966, using a fiberglass shell to enclose an upholstered seat.
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