Hello, this picture of a (rare?) lounge chair is from a Strässle (Switzerland) book.
I'd like to know: which "reference book" does this page come from?
And both for sale ....
Are there more known? Is it really that rare?
And do you happen to know if Tuttle is actually the designer?
Thanks in advance for your help 🙂
@bo after almost a year, forum was offline, yess by paulTutte (his web site with al his designs disapeared du to legal battle)
but if found a image in or at https://sbmag.com/weliveinparadise/design-genius
the chair is some times attributed to Sonja Wasseur a dutch designer this highly unlikely
Thank you!
In meantime I already knew, because of the book by (APA) Berns, M. C. (2003).
Paul Tuttle designs. University Art Museum, Santa Barbara (page 145-147)
Unfortunately, I still don't know how many copies of this model (named "Laminata") were ultimately produced/ sold.
So, are they truly rare... or not?
Sadly, Strassle themselves never responded to my message.
Because I now had more information.... I approached Strassle again for additional information.
My questions:
1) Could you tell me how many Laminata chairs were originally produced and during what period the model was in production?
2) I noticed that the Laminata is neither mentioned nor pictured in Strässle's overview of its classics, although other designs by Tuttle are included. Could you explain why the chair was omitted? Was it produced only for a short time, for example, or was there another reason?
The response:
Unfortunately, we have no information whatsoever regarding this model, nor do we know anyone who might have it.
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