The chair: between craftsmanship and design
Since the dawn of time, craftsmen have indulged in designing chairs for the most varied uses. If in the most ancient times chairs were a prerogative reserved for men of power and the aristocratic classes, from the 16th century onwards the chair experienced a rather rapid evolution, soon becoming a widely used piece of furniture, simple or complex, made with one or multiple materials, sometimes finely decorated, always stimulating the creativity of its creator.
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Parturition chair from Lorraine.
This 'dug-out' type chair originally came from Shropshire. It was constructed using the natural hollow of an elm tree trunk to form the shape of the back and the arm rests. It is thought to have been made between 1760 and 1850.
The Windsor Comb-back was in vogue from c.1700-1800, and then again, in a heavier design, from c.1830-1900. This chair, and another the same [77/234], were bequeathed by Miss Ellis on the condition that they were not to be separated. She had purchased the…
Lacquer chair, 1800s, China
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Acquisition credit: Permanent loan from la Casa-Museu Gaudí, Junta Constructora Temple Sagrada Família, 2004
Lettering: Lettering typed on label stuck to back of print catalogued.
GMallm:4582; Chair of a type called kubbstol in Swedish. It is carved from a single tree trunk. (GMallm:4582) [The Birth of Gothenburg, 2017]
The Red-Blue chair has no precedent in the history of chair design. It can, however, be seen as a skeletal version of the traditional armchair. It consists of seventeen standardized wooden elements, all readily available in lumber stores of the period. Ri…
When Rietveld designed the Zig-Zag chair, he broke with conventional chair typologies. The Zig-Zag chair is made of four planes of elm wood, which are intricately dovetailed, then glued and bolted together. With its horizontal seat supported on a diagonal…
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Cut and bent from a single sheet of plywood, the Ant chair’s silhouette, with its curved waistline and slender legs, is instantly recognizable. It was originally designed for the canteen of the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. The technology an…
In the early 1960s Eero Aarnio began experimenting with plastics, vivid colors, and organic forms while breaking away from traditional conventions. Pastil (also known as the Gyro chair), with its candy colored organic form, was a 1960s answer to the rocki…
After graduating from the Kuwasawa Design Institute, Tokujin Yoshioka worked in the studio of Shiro Kuramata, one of the most influential industrial designers in postwar Japan, which led him to become the in-house designer for Issey Miyake. Yoshioka set u…
Titan Model: Chair