Does someone know the designer of this wire chair, who's made in the manner of Bertoia, Eames, Cees Braakman?
Thnx a lot
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I am pretty much convinced they were KEAS "interpretation" of the Bertoia diamond chair. (Just as IKEA now has interpretations of Aalto's, Rams' etc. work for sale)
Artie, they were never meant to be used as such, they came with a thick padded seating pad (that had to be attached with elastics to the frame). However, the frame is pretty robust & the seating pad did get soiled with use (and did spoil the architectural look of the chair). So most chairs lived on without a cushion..
With seating pad the chair was surprisingly comfortable. Without the pad you got an itchy tush where the the rods left a grid impression in the skin - only recommended for people who whish to play OXO on their thighs.
The most annoying feature of the chair is the protruding front 'leg', which causes you to bump your toes against it on a regular basis. This reminds me of the dearly beloved mr Starker who once developped a chair on 3 legs, with one protruding hind leg. It was meant for a café. His comments were : "The chair only has 3 legs, which means the waiters will trip only half as much". What the idiot did forget is that it is protrusion of legs far outside the visual frame that encourages the tripping in the first place. If he had designed the chair with 4 legs neatly tucked under the seat, no tripping would be necessary. Anyway, just by means of anecdote ...
PS: my IKEA chair had a black frame, don't remember whether they also sold the chair with a red frame.
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Oh, one more thing: the date the seller picks ("France 1970") is inaccurate. It's probably merely an educated guess on his part.
I clearly remember the chair in my room in the 90s, can't really recall whether i had it as a tiny kid - that would be 80s. But it's definitely, decidedly, NOT 70s.
His distant nephew..
Hey Paulanna, you may also like this seller's marketing skills :o)
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