Key facts

Product:
Armchair
Manufacturer:
Wright
Architonic ID:
4106671
Country:
United States
Category:
Furnishings

Product description

Birch, leather
21.5"w x 26"d x 28.5"h
Designed for the Museum of Modern Art Low Cost Furniture Exhibition in 1948. The chair is shown in Prize Designs for Modern Furniture, by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. In the text, Kaufmann writes that of the many Knock-down chairs presented in the competition, Tapiovaara's showed the clearest understanding of factory procedures and shipping problems.
Literature:
Scandinavian Design, Fiell, pg. 618