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Gehry Hat Trick

Set of Six Frank Gehry "Hat Trick" Chairs
By Frank Gehry
Located in Oakland, CA
of the era. Taking bent plywood to another level, the Hat Trick chair is sculptural while remaining
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Early 2000s American Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Maple, Plywood

"Hat Trick" Armchair by Franck Gehry, 1990
By Frank Gehry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional chair Knoll International American Maple Limited Edition Measures: 59 x 57 x 85 cms perfect condition new circa 19900 3900 euros.  
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1990s American Armchairs

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"Hat Trick" Armchair by Franck Gehry, 1990
"Hat Trick" Armchair by Franck Gehry, 1990
H 33.47 in W 22.45 in D 23.23 in
Pair of Frank Gehry for Knoll Maple Hat Trick Chairs
By Frank Gehry, Knoll
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Iconic pair of maple plywood hat trick chairs designed by Frank Gehry for Knoll. Each beautiful
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Mid Century Modern Sculptural Birch 6 Hat Trick Chairs by Frank Gehry - Knoll
By Knoll, Frank Gehry
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic set of 6 post Modern "Hat Trick Chairs" by Frank Gehry for Knoll. Created from Birch
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Frank Ghery Hat Trick Arm Chairs for Knoll
By Frank Gehry, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Frank Ghery hat trick arm chairs for Knoll, bentwood furniture inspired by the simple bushel basket
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Frank Ghery Hat Trick Arm Chairs for Knoll
Frank Ghery Hat Trick Arm Chairs for Knoll
H 33.5 in W 23.25 in D 21.75 in
Frank Gehry for Knoll “Face off” Laminated Maple Center Table, circa 1998
By Frank Gehry, Knoll
Located in Shippensburg, PA
of designs, most notably in his "Hat Trick" chairs which pair beautifully with the table. This table
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Glass, Maple, Bentwood

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Gehry Hat Trick For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal gehry hat trick for your home. Each gehry hat trick for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, maple and bentwood. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer gehry hat trick, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each gehry hat trick bearing Modern or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one gehry hat trick that is appealing in its simplicity, but Frank Gehry and Knoll produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Gehry Hat Trick?

A gehry hat trick can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,400, while the lowest priced sells for $1,290 and the highest can go for as much as $12,500.

Frank Gehry for sale on 1stDibs

With magnificent buildings such as the Guggenheim Bilbao, Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the new Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Frank Gehry has changed the nature and spirit of contemporary architecture. Yet the world’s best-known living architect has also enjoyed a prolific career as a designer of artful and functional objects, ranging from furniture to jewelry, that even at smaller scale are as lively and captivating as his architectural designs.

Gehry was born in Toronto and moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1947. He received a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California in 1954 and — after several years of casting about that included a stint in the U.S. Army and studies at Harvard — Gehry opened his architectural practice in L.A. in 1962.

Idiosyncratic renovations to his small, traditional house in Santa Monica — such as cladding portions of the exterior in chain-link fencing and corrugated metal — drew attention to Gehry in architectural circles. Corporate and institutional commissions added to his reputation, culminating in the global acclaim that greeted the opening of the Guggenheim Bilbao in 1997. But the combination of visual dynamism and structural integrity expressed by that building had been evident for decades in Gehry’s designs. In 1972 he introduced a much-admired line of furniture he called Easy Edges. The curves and flowing lines of the pieces, which include the Wiggle chair, seem antithetical to the material are made from: cardboard — a presumably flimsy material that, when stacked, laminated and folded, is actually extraordinarily sturdy.

Many of Gehry’s designs feature an abstracted fish motif. For the architect, it is a symbol of vitality, strength and flexibility. The fish appears in a group of 1982 plastic lamps created for Formica (and exhibited by the Jewish Museum in New York in 2010). Gehry used the motif in crystal goblets for Swid Powell (1990), his Pito kettle for Alessi (1992) and as earrings for a 2006 jewelry collection for Tiffany that also includes torqued rings, necklaces and bangles.

Gehry returned to furniture design in 1992 with a remarkably energetic line of furniture for Knoll with frames and seating made of bent, lightweight wooden strops. (The pieces' names, such as Power Play and Cross Check, derive from ice hockey.) In 2004, Heller released a group of twisted, faceted furnishings in molded polyethylene meant to evoke Gehry’s architecture. But — whether its tableware, jewelry or furniture — all Gehry’s designs do that--sharing an animated aesthetic built on a solid foundational core. To possess a piece of Gehry design is to own one of his buildings, in miniature.

Find vintage Frank Gehry chairs, tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.