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that is one cool chair I ...
that is one cool chair I would buy it if it were a little closer to home . I love it and have never seen one like it Tell us about Grant?

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I wonder if the shell is resin or wood ?

very famous aussie designer
according to mel byars "the design encyclopdia [mine purchased upon the recommendation of lrf!], grant featherston [1922-95] "is australia's best-known furniture designer."
the chair of particular interest is the 1951 contour chair [numbered r160].
a google search resulted in the helpful web link below.
http://www.architonic.com/mus/8102864/1

Hi, yes he is the best...
Hi, yes he is the best furniture designer in Australia so far, Grant and Mary Featherston. Clement meadmore is the one of the best too, but he prefer to have a career in U.S as scupturer.
The shell is made from plywood, rounded, concave-sided, bent-in-the-middle.
I cant believe an original egg chair cant be sold for more than $5000, but local designer chair such as this one can fetch $6000....

Grant and Mary Featherston. ...
Grant and Mary Featherston. the couple are great and i am sorry i did not know about them
very much like Hans Wagner. I have not seen his work here in America I should have checked by Design encyclopedia but at 3 in the morning i could barely type
I have the egg chair and they sell for around 2500 used on ebay and 1500 to redo, so that is 4 grand for a nice redone with ottoman but to buy one new from Fritz hansen in Kvadrat fabric you are looking at around 6 grand, i would love to own one of these chairs not to difficult to redo,

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Ive allways thought of him having more of a carlo Mollino influence.

the thing is what can you do...
the thing is what can you do with that money..
6 grand for
local designer chair (eg.featherston, i have some already, but not this one)
or
eames lounge chair
or
joe colombo elda chair
or
womb chair
or
chieftain chair finn juhl..
or
make my wife happy (buy a new fridge and 42" LCD TV)
....priceless

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Thanks, for the reminder, Meadmore was a designer as well,I have several of his books :Classics in Production a good one.HP :I thougt the same thing MOLLINO/ on top,and to my eye,perhaps,Risom on the bottom, this bothers me for some reason lack of unity?

Yummy, one for me too please
Count me in as an admirer. I spotted one of these in a late night web clicking frenzy a few months ago and went wild.
A new chair, a new designer that I hadn?t heard of? I was pointing and clicking into the wee hours wearing a silly grin.
Is there a comprehensive book on Featherson?s history and designs? Even the Architonic archive is sparse.

searched australian libraries and this is what I came up with - not much considering his iconic status in Australia
Exhibition catalogue
Record Id: 5804223 (Australian Library Collections)
Author: Lane, Terence, 1946-
Title: Featherston chairs : National Gallery of Victoria, 30 March-7 August 1988 / by Terence Lane.
Published: Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1988.
Description: 71 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
ISBN: 0724101306 :
Record Id: 23605230 (Australian Library Collections)
Author: Powerhouse Museum
Title: Mod to Memphis : design in colour 1960s-80s / Anne Watson.
Published: Haymarket, N.S.W. : Powerhouse Publishing, 2002.
Description: 80 p. : col. ill., ports. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 1863170944 :
LC Call Number: NK2211.A8
Dewey Number: 749.2994
749.249
Summary: "Mod to Memphis includes the original bean bag, the 'Marilyn' lips Sofa and the 'Expo talking chair' and designers such as Verner Panton, Eero Aarnio, Gaetano Pesce, Florence Broadhurst, and the Memphis group." "With objects drawn from the Powerhouse Museum's outstanding 20th-century design collection, Mod to Memphis takes a unique look at this era, a source of inspiration for many designers today."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Designer profiles -- Verner Panton -- Vico Magistretti -- Uhra Simberg-Ehrstrom -- Marimekko -- Olivier Mourgue -- Pierre Paulin -- Eero Aarnio -- Superstudio -- Grant and Mary Featherston -- Marion Hall Best and Gordon Andrews -- Leonardi and Stagi -- Gaetano Pesce -- Gatti, Paolini and Teodoro -- Studio 65 -- Sebel -- Florence Broadhurst -- Toshiyuki Kita -- Memphis -- Ettore Sottsass Jr. -- Michele De Lucchi -- Nathalie du Pasquier -- John Smith -- About the Powerhouse Museum.

yeah nothing much there...
yeah nothing much there about grant and mary, except for the chair catalogue. The book fetches $350 on ebay, lucky i got it from someone in US. If you need any info of it, Mary Featherston is the best source. Yes, she s still alive, and willing to help with answering any questions.
Cheers

I was googling Featherston...
I was googling Featherston when I came across this amazing chair by someone called Roger Maclay. A bit similar to Ray Komai's chair. Any info on him?

helps to include the link!
helps to include the link!
http://www.506070.com.au/item.php?id=270

bustello, you have the link...
bustello, you have the link to the listing?