Biltmore Hotel Armchairs by K.E.M. Weber

KEM Weber

Biltmore Hotel Armchairs by K.E.M. Weber

Are sought after objects.

The one from the photo was sold at Sotheby’s for $ 6,250 on March 6, 2014

“Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona,” The Architectural Record, July 1929, p. 37 (showing the chair model in one of the hotel’s five-room suites)

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Earlier, in 2009 Sotheby’s tried to auction a red one to no avail. On 1stdibs there is a red one for sale.

KEM Weber Biltmore Chair White

Modernism Gallery calls the white high back a streamline chair, but that seems wrong.

KEM Weber Biltmore Settee
The Treadway Toomey auction partnership had a settee on sale in 2013 where it was sold for $5,937.50.

Shot by Richard Kern

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Shot by Richard Kern

As a prelude to another shocking chair episode this photo by US photographer Richard Kern which was published in his book Model Release

Some people see this as another piece of evidence of female suppression in art. I would say “Hiding from the photographer in the lavatory chair”

K.E.M. Weber Armchair

490- K.E.M Weber - chair - Design, 27 March 2014 - Auctions - Wright 2014-07-21 12-20-07

490- K.E.M Weber - chair - Design, 27 March 2014 - Auctions - Wright 2014-07-21 12-21-12

K.E.M. Weber Armchair

Was estimated $ 5,000 – $ 7,000 at a spring 2014 Wright Auction, but not sold unfortunately. Whenever I see a K.E.M. Weber chair I like it so much I want it.

Chair by Rud Thysgren and Johnny Sørensen

Chair by Rud Thygesen & Johnny Sørensen I56A2109 KL

Chair by Rud Thysgren and Johnny-Sørensen

Made it into the Design Museum of Copenhagen where I took this photo.

Happy Easter 2015 – Egg Chairs

Happy Easter!

That’s what we wish to all our readers.

For a change I’ve picked some of the egg chairs we have featured already on the blog.

Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch in an egg chair.

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Not another Egg Chair

Thonet-no-2-Nest-Egg

Thonet no. 2 Nest Egg by Harriet Goodall


Doctor Riter’s Ergo Chair