Key facts

Product:
Galaxy chair
Manufacturer:
Dorotheum
Architonic ID:
4101770
Launched:
1966
Country:
Austria
Category:
Furnishings

Product description

A rare Galaxy chair, designed in 1966 by Walter Pichler for R. Svoboda & Co, Vienna, glazed, naturally anodized aluminium plate, spring support, the cushions covered with original orange fabric, with alternative covering, height 70 cm, depth 83 cm, width 91.5 cm, height of seat 40 cm.
Original condition. An important example of Space Age Design.
Provenance: From the furnishings of the ORF building in Graz - private ownership, Vienna.
Literature: G. Koller, Die Radikalisierung der Phantasie. Design aus Ă–sterreich, Salzburg 1987, pages 211-212, photograph - Ph. Garner, Sixties Design, Cologne 1996, page 122, photograph - Ch. & P. Fiell, 1000 chairs, Cologne 1997, page 418.