{"id":404739,"date":"2023-01-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=404739"},"modified":"2023-01-18T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:49:08","slug":"sternensessel-postmodern-armchairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/sternensessel-postmodern-armchairs\/","title":{"rendered":"These Museum-Worthy Star Armchairs Are Exemplars of 1980s Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/limited-100-museum-edition-sternensessel-stars-f3-armchairs-draenert\/id-f_30151552\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair-950x633.jpg\" alt=\"Front and side views of Norbert Berghof, Michael Landes and Wolfgang Rang for Draenert Star chairs\" class=\"wp-image-405491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_starchair.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/limited-100-museum-edition-sternensessel-stars-f3-armchairs-draenert\/id-f_30151552\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Norbert Berghof, Michael Landes and Wolfgang Rang for Draenert Star chairs, 1989<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The freewheeling pastiche of design styles known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/style\/post-modern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">postmodernism<\/a> combined historical motifs dating from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/collections\/antiquities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antiquity<\/a> to the modern era with an insouciance that often seemed more about fun than function. Its heyday was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/period\/1970s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1970s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/period\/1980s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201980s<\/a>; its best-known practitioners were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/michael-graves-b1934\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Graves<\/a>, in the U.S., and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/ettore-sottsass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ettore Sottsass<\/a>, in Italy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Postmodernism gave rise largely to \u201cart furniture\u201d \u2014 pieces produced in limited editions for collectors or museums. Luxurious materials and exquisite craftsmanship were the order of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/limited-100-museum-edition-sternensessel-stars-f3-armchairs-draenert\/id-f_30151552\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three Sternensessel (\u201cStar chairs\u201d)<\/a> currently offered on 1stDibs by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/lovaas-projects-gmbh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lovaas Projects<\/a>, a Munich-based art space, are prime examples of the genre. \u201cThe chairs have eclectic design elements going back to ancient Egypt and so many different materials,\u201d including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/material\/birdseye-maple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bird\u2019s-eye maple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/material\/gold-leaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gold leaf<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/material\/ebony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ebony<\/a> and rare blue marble, says David Agoston, who sells vintage modern furniture, primarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/origin\/european\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European<\/a> in origin, through the gallery. \u201cThey\u2019re really a pinnacle of postmodernism.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/limited-100-museum-edition-sternensessel-stars-f3-armchairs-draenert\/id-f_30151552\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Side-950x634.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of the arm of a Norbert Berghof, Michael Landes and Wolfgang Rang for Draenert Star chair\" class=\"wp-image-405384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Side-950x634.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Side-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Side-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Side-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Side.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Produced in an edition of 100 in 1989 by the German manufacturer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/peter-draenert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Draenert<\/a>, which has been making adventurous furniture for more than five decades, the Star chairs were designed by a trio of architects: Norbert Berghof, Michael Landes and Wolfgang Rang, all based in Frankfurt (hence the chair\u2019s alternate appellation, Frankfurter Stuhl F3). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One landed in the permanent collection of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metropolitan Museum<\/a>, in New York, others in prominent museums in Germany and Japan. Many were scooped up by collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agoston acquired his three Star chairs from a Swiss collector\u2019s estate; they are for sale separately or together. \u201cThey\u2019re intricately handmade,\u201d he says, too fragile to be heavily used. \u201cI see each as a standout piece, maybe in a prewar apartment on Central Park West.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/limited-100-museum-edition-sternensessel-stars-f3-armchairs-draenert\/id-f_30151552\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Stars-950x634.jpg\" alt=\"Star-shaped marquetry on the back of a Norbert Berghof, Michael Landes and Wolfgang Rang for Draenert Star chair\" class=\"wp-image-405387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Stars-950x634.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Stars-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Stars-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Stars-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovaas-Projects-Sternensessel-Star-Chairs-Stars.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Agoston grew up in Sydney, Australia, \u201cliving and breathing design,\u201d he says. Now a \u201creformed investment banker,\u201d he moved to Munich six years ago. \u201cVintage furniture is my passion. It came to a point where to satisfy my fetish, I had to start selling some.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Named for their star-shaped inlay work, the chairs reflect the dreamy, poetic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/postmodern-design-complete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fleeting moment that was postmodernism<\/a>. But the \u201980s could be on the verge of revival, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/interior-design-trends-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1stDibs\u2019 online survey of anticipated design trends for 2023<\/a>. It was the choice of 28 percent of interior designers asked to name which decade since the 1950s was due for a resurgence \u2014 more by far than for any other time period. 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