Bertoia Style Arm Chair
The Diamond chair has become one of the most recognized chair designs of the twentieth century and has been in constant production since 1952. (1) Diamond Bertoia Chair Half Cushion Designed from an original Knoll manufactured cushion with the same specifications.W e have three different colors for the different styles of cushions; colbalt blue, carmel, and mustard yellow. Cushions are made of Naugahyde and foam padding. There is a velcro strap in the back of cushion and hooks on the front. Additional cushions can be made if needed. Also available are the full diamond chair and side chair cushions.
Dimensions
Black - 32.6″W x 28.3″D x 30.3″H
Black and white - Width 33.5″ x Depth 28.25″ x Height 30.5″
Caramel, Blue. Mustard Yellow, White, Red, Yellow - 20″ w (front), 12.5″ w (back) x 19.5″d
Condition
Very Good Vintage Age appropriate wear with slight staining
Preparation, Timing and Shipment
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Harry Bertoia
Italian artist and furniture designer, Harry Bertoia`s career began in the 1930s as a student at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where he re-established the metal-working studio and, taught as head of the department, from 1939 until 1943 until it was closed due to wartime restrictions on materials. During the war, Bertoia worked with Charles and Ray Eames at the Evans Products Company in California, developing new techniques for molding plywood.
Bertoia designed the patented Diamond chair for Knoll in 1952. As a furniture designer, Bertoia is best known for the Diamond chair and the Bird chair, a high-backed model developed from the Diamond chair that looks like a bird with spread wings. Its organic, human-friendly form helped to create a new look for modernism. All of his work bears the hallmarks of a highly skilled and imaginative sculptor, as well as an inventive designer, deeply engaged with the relationship between form and space.
Harry Bertoia received awards from the American Institute of Architects in 1973 and the American Academy of Letters in 1975.
