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Designer

Harry Bertoia

Model

kids side chairs (2) (a)

Year of origin
1952
Brand

Knoll International

Description

lacquered metal
synthetic leather
good original condition
h 61 / w 40 / d 41


Italoamerican Designer Harry Bertoia developed these kids' chairs from the famous 1952 Bertoia chair series, whose chrome-plated steel wires were reshaped by the weight of the person sitting on the chair. Furniture manufacturer Knoll International marketed several versions of the model. The two chairs come with orange seat cushions. Sculptor and furniture designer Harry Bertoia studied at the Society of Arts and Crafts and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he met Walter Gropius, Edmund N. Bacon and Charles & Ray Eames. He taught metalworking and designed abstract metal jewelry. In 1942 Bertoia moved to California to work with Charles & Ray Eames for the Evans Products Company.