Tag: steel

Red Rocker by Vivian Beer

Red-Rocker-by-Vivian-Beer-Front View
Red Rocker by Vivian Beer Side View
Red Rocker by Vivian Beer Side View
Red Rocker by Vivian Beer Back View

Red Rocker

I’ve revisited Vivian Beer’s VB Studio site and was pleasantly surprised, not to say smitten, by the quality of her site where I found this red Rocker.

Red Rocker was a hunt of subtlety within a not-so-subtle color range. I knew it had to be a saturated red but not quite a “lipstick” color…

I settled on one that is based in a violet range rather than a cadmium red. It is a tonal range that has been used on a number of Chevy “muscle” show cars. So it’s a combination of muscle and cosmetic. Lipstick and muscle cars have a lot in common!

I can relate to the choice as once I had to choose a red for a fast boat…the association evident from the front and view of this chair. Red Boats and Red Chairs come together here;-)

T Chair by William Katavolos, Ross Littell and Douglas Kelly

T Chair by William Katavolos, Ross Littell and Douglas Kelly Front
T Chair by William Katavolos, Ross Littell and Douglas Kelly Side

T Chair by William Katavolos

An iconic “T” side chair by William Katavolos circa 1952.

The leather on this chair has been professionally restored.

Price $2,250

good vintage condition

Measurements: height: 31 1/2″ second height: 17″ depth: 21″ width/length: 24″

Number of items: 1

Materials/Techniques: Leather and chromium plated and enameled steel

Creator: unknown

Photography provided by Christopher Anthony Ltd

via 1STDIBS.COM.

Update: I’ve added the other two designers who cooperated with William Katavolos

Last edited by Guido J. van den Elshout on June 30, 2012 at 11:32 PM

Inuit Armor Chair by Lund & Paarmann for Lopfurniture

Inuit Armor Chair by Lund & Paarmann is one of the designers’ new pieces for Lopfurniture and are extension of their current collection.

Inuit Armor Chair is a dining chair in solid walnut, painted steel and Inuit sealskin from the Phoca groenlandicus (Greenland seal). Interestingly, even with sealskin being an extraordinary material, it is one that is legal to buy and sell.

The reason why the designers chose to use Intuit skins is because the Greenland Inuit hunters have great difficulties in selling their sealskin as the EU has made a rule against importing all other sealskins than the sustainable skins from Greenland.

Hemingway Chair

Hemingway-Chair

“Hemingway” Chair?

A Twitter friend, @BasBoerman, of a Twitter friend, @WouterBlok, published this chair on Instagram and I asked permission to publish it here which @BasBoerman permitted.

The photo was taken at the pool side of a hotel in Cuba where Ernest Hemingway reportedly wrote one of his famous books. Excellent material for our Chairchez L’Homme category – look for the man in the chair: L’homme (the man) doesn’t sit in (maybe this) chair anymore, a lost search.

Armchair by Heinz Frank

Armchair by Heinz Frank

Armchair by Heinz Frank-P1030910

Unexpectedly I was in Vienna a couple of days where I could take some chair photos. A couple in the Dorotheum where an auction of modern Austrian design was held at Leap Day….until I was forbidden to take photos by a attendant and I didn’t want to go through the hassle of obtaining a press permit.

Armchair by Heinz Frank. Heinz must love horses;-)

Austria, 1972/73, nickel plated tubular steel, red leather, red lacquered iron plate, coil springs, height 77 cm, width 70.5 cm, depth 70 cm, height of seat 35 cm. (DR) A unique piece. Provenance: acquired from the artist in the 1970s – private property Vienna.

Estimated at EUR 6.000,- to 7.000,- (USD 8.500,- to 9.900,-) subject to artist surcharge. The chair was not sold.

Via Dorotheum.