Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Another (or the same unsold one?) September two seater tubular chair (Christie’s would say Settee I believe) with mesh wired seating by Shigeru Uchida at Phillips de Pury & Company. Estimated between $2,000-3,000. Now sold for $ 438….
A Happy 2024 to you all. Like last year I’ll try to post at least once per day in 2024. Last year, after Easter, I stopped when I was hospitalized for 10 days and had to lie down for a couple of weeks. Then my whole rhythm had disappeared. A new Year with new chances! … Continue reading “Prototype Feltri Chair by Gaetano Pesce on Wright”
Kimono Armchair by Quaglio and Simonelli for Amura Lab Quaglio Simonelli is the creation of two designers Manuela Simonelli and Andrea Quaglio. They were born in Italy, they live in Paris, they work in Europe, Asia, America. The result of the meeting between two complementary sensibilities, their products has been nourished by their history, by … Continue reading “Kimono Armchair by Quaglio and Simonelli for Amura Lab”
Ferdinand Armchair by Åke Axelsson Ferdinand offers comfortable extended sitting. The chair is based on the same theme as the Nomad chairs but, with its use of leather, is more exclusive. The construction is timeless. Chairs of this type were being made some 4 000 years ago. The turned wedges are the secret of the … Continue reading “Ferdinand Armchair by Åke Axelsson”
Stefan During sent me photo’s of a recent design: Gems With following note: The tapering plank. Nearly as long as people have felled trees for use, they have cut them lengthwise as the parallel slices we call planks or, if thicker than some 3 cm, slabs. This is entirely logical when it comes to … Continue reading “Gems by Stefan During”