Category: chairchez l’homme

Van Gogh Sitting Postman

Van Gogh Sitting Postman

Van Gogh Sitting Postman

Found this painting by Vincent van Gogh on the Museum of Fine Arts Boston FB Timeline.

Postman Joseph Roulin” painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1888. Roulin was one of Van Gogh’s closest friends and favorite sitters. While painting this portrait, Van Gogh wrote to his brother, “I am now at work with another model…very like Socrates…A more interesting man than many people.”

Suspender Chair

Suspender Chair

Suspender Chair

Apt for the Cairchez L’Homme tag. Suspenders, but no man ;-)…

Thonets

Thonets

Thonets

Via chairstalker:

Michael Thonet, Chair No. 14 (1859) Via Phaidon Design Classics:

Probably the single most commercially successful chair ever produced (50 million sold between 1859 and 1930), No. 14 embodies the radical developments of Michael Thonet’s pioneering steam bending process, which paved the way for mass-produced furniture

Without Words

Without Words

Without Words

Or Chairchez (search) the legs

Cleaning the Seats

Cleaning the Seats

Cleaning the Seats