Robert Whitton Prototype Foldable Drafting Chair

Robert Whitton one off aluminum drafting stool circa late 1980s. This architectural example has been newly powder coated in matte black.

Robert Whitton one off aluminium chair, circa late 1980s. This architectural example has been newly powder coated in a bright turquoise.

Robert Whitton one off aluminum chair circa late 1980s. This example has been newly powder coated in green and features a bar on the front of the chair that spins to ease getting in ...

Prototype folding chair of tubular metal with plastic ball caps and its original yellow mesh fabric sling dating to the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. By architect and designer Henry Glass, an Austrian emigre who worked with Gilbert Rohde in New York City in the late 1930’s and then studied in Chicago with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Glass was ahead of his time in his concerns with pre-fabrication, modularity, affordability, and ecological responsibility. He was known for his knock-down furniture designs–chairs and tables that folded, nested, or stacked for easy mobility and space-saving flexibility. Austere and visually interesting, these designs utilized inexpensive materials such as plywood, masonite, tubular steel, and canvas. The present piece, never produced, channels Gerrit Rietveld in proposing a low-cost mid-century outdoor chair...

Unattributed, rare, late 20th century prototype chair. Formed from a steel frame supporting a high tension strap that provides a back rest and seat wit...

An unusual, handmade chair. Unattributed, yet most likely a one of a kind late 20th Century production. Composed of a painted tubular steel frame and an ergonomic plywood box seat. ...

Iconic Zigzag chair prototype Netherlands, 1970 73,5 x 39 x 39,5 cm Iconic chair composed by four wooden planks hinged end to end to form an extremely striking example of an unstabl...

Prototype stacking chair hand-built of an aluminum sheet and tubular aluminum by furniture designer and artist Richard Schultz as a full-size 3-D model exploring the ergonomic and sc...

Prototype hand-forged, steel rocker designed by Arturo Pani and executed by Telleres Chacon, Mexico City. The piece has been reupholstered in hand-stitched, Edelman leather with custom piping. This piece was acquired from Telleres Chacon upon the retirement of Manuel Chacon, master metalsmith in the 1980s. This design is based on a Maison Jansen rocker...

Prototype stacking chair hand-built of aluminum by furniture designer and artist Richard Schultz as a full-size 3-D model exploring the ergonomic and sculptural qualities of a design...