Category: armchair

Nina Saunders "Smoothl" Puzzle Chair

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I was still pondering whether I would like to be identified with “chair porn”, because I am really tempted: “Sex Sells”!

I did a couple of “Image Googles” with terms in the neighborhood of Chair Porn. Then I came across the Wrong Distance blog that pointed me to Nina Saunders. Wrong distance had coined this chair Chair Porn, but I prefer Puzzle Chair, because I started this blog with a puzzle chair.

Final decision: I’ll not use the term “porn char” as part of a series.

Do stay tuned for more work of Nina Saunders who’s been around chairs for quite a while already!

Nina Saunders was born in Odense, Denmark in 1958 and trained at Central St Martin’s, London. Currently she works in London
More links: Sculpture UK. She’s exhibiting in the 2009 Venice Biennial as part of the Danish Pavillion. Also featured at Andrehn Schipjenko.

Snake Armchair by Eileen Gray fetched an Auction World Record

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Snake Armchair by Eileen Gray fetched an Auction World Record

Eileen Gray’s (1878-1976) Snake Arm Chair fetched a whopping Euro 21,905,000 ($28,238,277) at Christie’s auction of Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé’s collection of artefacts on February 25, 2009.
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It was reported to be bought by the same antique dealer who sold the chair to Yves in the 70ies.
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Thus far it is a world record amount offered for a chair.

Kolo Armchair by Jouko Järvisalo

Kolo Armchair
Kolo Armchair

Kolo Armchair by Finish designer Jouko Järvisalo

KOLO is an armchair moulded out of a single wooden sheet. Its armrests form a planar surface, from which the seat and chair back are pressed out to create a hollow in which the user can sit. Kolo floats on air, supported by a minimalist tubular steel frame.

The Finnish word KOLO refers to a small hollow, nook, hole or niche; metaphorically, it also refers to a living space.

See Mobel

Last edited by Guido J. van den Elshout on November 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM

HOW HIGH THE MOON – SHIRO KURAMATA at Christie’s

How High The Moon - Shiro Kuramata
The Estimate was $6,000 – $8,000 and How High The Moon, a nickled-plated steel mesh armchair, designed by Shiro Kuramata in 1986 fetched $8,750 at Christie’s Sale 2149 “20th century decorative art & design” on 26 March 2009 in New York, Rockefeller Plaza.

Gerrit Rietveld’s Danish Armchair

Gerrit Rietveld Danish Arm Chair

modernity.se offers this creation of Dutch Architect/Designer Gerrit Rietveld for sale. I had no prior knowledge of it.

Modernity Se offers vintage 20th century design furniture, lighting, ceramics and glass. The emphasis is on Scandinavian design, by among others, Wegner, Juhl, Aalto, Mathsson, Jacobsen, Salto, Friberg, Wirkkala and Sarpaneva.

At a Christie’s auction in London a similar chair fetched $36,800 including buyer’s premium on April 29, 2009.