Howe Chairs

Mid-century modern white 40\4 chairs by David Rowland for GF Furniture, 1963. Set of three stackable chairs, model 40/4, born as waiting room seats,...

Chairs feature David Rowland's patented "Soflex" seat and back in original school bus color vinyl plastisol on tubular chrome frame. - Soflex is a material invented by Rowland in 1973 in which sinuous metal springs are dipped in vinyl plastisol. When cured, the plastisol hardens and holds the springs together, forming a thin, open-mesh, resilient seating material. It is easy to see Rowland's design beginning as early as 1952 with his "Transparent Chair" for The No-Sag Spring Company of Detroit and his 1957 Zig Zag Cantilever Chair. The Softec Chair...

David Rowland '40/4' metal stacking chair for The General Fireproofing Co, 1974. An award winning design, featured in multiple museums, this iconic metal enameled chair with tubular ...

Blue textile covered wooden chair by London based design duo Soft Baroque, previously shown at Het Nieuwe Institut. Renderings are becoming more diabolic...

"Sitting Beaver" / "Skinny Beaver" chair designed by Frank Gehry for the Experimental Edges series in 1979. Although designed in 1979, the furniture from this series was not produced...

A set of 4 fine French Mid-Century beech dining chairs.

This is a single (multiple chairs are available, though the price listed is for each chair) 40/4 chair, originally designed by David Rowland in 1964. This iconic chair has been praised as one of the most ingenious modern designs of the 20th century, and has been credited for being the first truly stackable chair. Each chair has a solid steel sled base, and has a red enameled steel seat. These particular examples were manufactured by GF Business Equipment (part of General Fireproofing Co...

A set of 6 midcentury compass style beech chairs.

Arne Jacobsen 'Series 7' natural beech wood stacking chairs for Fritz Hansen. Seats made of pressure-molded Beech atop chrome frames. In original condition with visible wear, consist...

Fantastic group of 15 stacking chairs, 40/4 chairs aptly named as youre able to stack 40 chairs in 4 foot of height space. Designed by David Rowland in the early sixties these chairs...

This set of four chairs originates from the 1930s, stylistically belongs to the Bauhaus period, features a design by Mart Stam, and is made of beech and chromed steel. Their sophisti...

Fantastic set of six 40/4 stacking chairs by David Rowland in highly sought after Ash with chromed rod bases. Steam bent panels for body comfort and great design. Chairs have been to...