Category: famous chair

Batlló Chair by Antoni Gaudi

Batlló Chair by Antoni Gaudi

According to the Urban Dictionary Happenstance means happening by coincidence, accidentally and unintended. I think it is a nice word and appropriate here:

Recently I found the Battlo Bench by Antoni Gaudi and shortly thereafter I discovered these are still produced in Spain by BD Barcelona

Bd Barcelona Design is the Spanish company with the highest international prestige in design. It was founded in 1972 as Bd Ediciones de Diseño by the architects and interior designers Pep Bonet, Cristian Cirici, Lluis Clotet, Mireia Riera and Oscar Tusquets. It has been awarded with the Premio Nacional de Diseño in 1989 and the European Community Design Prize in 1990

Armchair by Norman Cherner Reissued

Cherner Chair Black against black

I like this black against black photo I found at Velocity’s site [ed: which is closed now]

Another famous chair being reissued: The Norman Cherner Chair. Just like the (grand)children of Edwin Lutyens and Gerrit Rietveld the second generation of Cherners started to re issue their forebears’ designs:

After listening to countless requests from fellow Architects to see his father’s designs reissued, Benjamin decided to join with his brother Thomas to form the Cherner Chair Company in 1999. Since then the Cherner Chair Company has brought back into production many of Norman Cherner’s most popular designs. Utilizing his original drawings and specifications, the reissued designs are manufactured with the same attention to detail found in the original hand made classics. Cherner Chair products are now distributed through dealers worldwide.

In addition to reissuing the molded plywood chairs, stools and tables, The Cherner Chair Company has introduced new designs by Benjamin Cherner.

The Cherner Chair Company is the sole licensor of Norman Cherner and Benjamin Cherner designs.

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Last edited by Guido J. van den Elshout on February 18, 2012 at 4:49 PM

Roorkhee Chair by Lewis Drake – British Campaign Furniture

Roorkhee Chair by British Campaign Furniture

Roorkhee Chair in Canvas by British Campaign Furniture.

A fine piece of sturdy design. I bet the famous director’s chair doesn’t match it.

This is our finest reproduction of the legendary campaign chair named in honor of the headquarters of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers stationed at Roorkhee, United Provinces, India, and used by British military officers from the 1890’s up to the beginning of World War II.

The army needed a chair that was light in weight, highly portable, exceptionally strong, and very comfortable. In addition it had to be perfectly stable no matter how uneven and rough the terrain. This was achieved by constructing the chair from a series of turned teak wood parts which were fitted into each other loosely and were not glued, being held together by a combination of leather straps and leather or canvas seat and back. When someone sits in the chair, the straps, arms, seat, and back all act under tension to keep the whole structure in place while, at the same time, allowing it to adjust to uneven ground and remain perfectly stable (actually, the heavier the occupant the more stable the chair becomes). All this in a chair that can be assembled or disassembled in a matter of seconds and transported in a compact package 8″dia.x 30″ long.

The excellence of the Roorkhee chair’s simple, functional design has never been improved upon and it has influenced many of our greatest modern architects and furniture designers. Lewis Drake is proud to carry on the tradition in our exquisitely detailed reproduction entirely hand made of the finest rosewood solids with seats and backs in your choice of heavy leather-trimmed canvas or 100% top grain buffalo hide all in a quality better than the originals. Overall a strong, functional, workhorse of a chair, impervious to weather, virtually indestructible, and entirely suitable for the finest room in your home or apartment, a weekend tailgating party, your deer camp in the mountains, or the rain forests of Malaysia. The beautiful heavy canvas carrying bag is included in the price.

via British Campaign Furniture.

Punctured Monobloc Plastic Chair by Tina Roeder

Perforated Mono-bloc Plastic Chair by Tina Roeder 2009

Punctured Monobloc Plastic Chair by Tina Roeder

I featured this Punctured or Perforated White Monobloc Plastic Chair (number 11 of) 33 “White Billion Chairs” by Tina Roeder earlier.

On September 26, 2009, at a Phillips de Pury London Sale it fetched £2,750, while estimated between £1,200-1,800.
SOLD AT £2,750

Frank Lloyd Wright Remakes

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Famous Barrel Chair reproduced.

Via Double Takes and Furniture fashion.