999 Armchairs Book

More than 999 new and forgotten (arm) chairs

A week or 2 ago I noticed somebody wanted to contact me and traced me on al sorts of social media.

Why?

Mr Peter van Zoetendaal appears to be a Dutch artist and himself a chair designer, actually more a sofa designer. He created a photo book with 999 new and forgotten (arm)chairs. He is a great fan of Chairblog that had helped him to get a lot of inspiration in his search for ideas and sources for this book. Each A 4 page has 4 photo’s of an armchair and a handwritten note by Peter with the name of the maker or of the designer of the chair.

I received a copy last Saturday as a thank you for the creation of Chairblog.

On my turn I now have 999 more chairs to feature here on Chairblog, although a couple have their place already here. Please stay tuned.

The book is not available for sale. I’m honoured having received this token of appreciation. Thank you Peter!

Update April 14, 2021: In the meantime I have published 5 armchairs from the book and they all point back to this post. Time to make a 999 Armchairs Book category

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Chairs!
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Rare Sofa by Renzo Zavanella

Rare Sofa by Renzo Zavanella was sold at Phillips for £32,500.
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Miss Blanche chair by Shiro Kuramata

Miss Blanche chair by Shiro Kuramata sold at Phillips for £250,000 (Estimated at £200,000 – 300,000 )

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‘Canada’ Armchairs by Ettore Sottsass, Jr.

‘Canada’ Armchairs by Ettore Sottsass, Jr. sold for £49,140 at Phillips

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Chairs!
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Luigi Tiengo Sofa in Walnut



Luigi Tiengo Sofa in Walnut and Blue Raf Simons Fabric for Cimon Montréal at 1stdibs

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Chairs!
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