Tag: wood

A Hoffmann Sitzmachine at Christie’s NYC

Sitzmachine-4

On June 13, 2008 on auction. A Hoffmann Sitzmachine, one of my favorites:

The Lotfinder sez:

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
‘Sitzmaschine’ A Stained Beech and Bentwood Adjustable Armchair, designed circa 1908
model no. 670, with hinged adjustable back, manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn
approximately 40½ in. (103 cm.) high
Lot Notes

cf. D. Ostergard, Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 258 for an illustration of this chair model.
C. and P. Feill, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 129 for another illustration of this model.

Estimated at $12,000 – $18,000 Realized $23,750.

Christies Auctions Dickens’ Writing Chair Today

Dicken’s Writing Chair

Today Charles Dickens’ writing chair is being auctioned at Christie’s in London.

The picture below is an engraving made just after Dickens’ death.

engraving made just after Dickens’ death

Daybed In Honor of Sergio Rodrigues

Brazilian architect and furniture designer Sérgio Rodrigues, the very well known creator of “Mole Chair”, is honored in the exhibit “Desenhos para o Designer” (Designs for the Designer), which takes place at D&D Decoração e Design Center, in São Paulo, untill June 10th.

Guests designers have created 14 pieces, all manufactured by Saccaro. The products were inspired by Rodrigues’ designs or aspects of his life.

The photo shows one of them.

Via 2Modern Design Tal

Am experimenting with the Quickpost Plugin for WordPress. Nice feature is that it works more or less the same as Tumblr. Not so nice is that I have to hack around a bit to get it straight.

Udate July 3, 2008

It appears that QuickPost-it doesn’t need hacking around much. Just by coincidence I tried it again and it worked fine. This means I can fade out Chair Blog | Tumblr and fade in here with QuickPost-it. Hurray!

Thonet no 81 Armchair

Thonet no 81 Armchair

Thonet no 81 Armchair>

Time for a photo of a nice Thonet chair: The no 81 armchair.