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Henry Glass Prototype "Sling-Line" Folding Chaise

About the Item

Chaise of tubular steel with plastic end caps and its original mesh sling. By Austrian/American designer Henry Glass, 1960’s. Prototype from his Sling-Line series of mobile and space-saving folding furniture. Glass worked with Gilbert Rohde in New York City in the late 1930’s and then studied in Chicago with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. He 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 clean-looking, architectonic lines of the present piece befit Glass’s training in architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna. Provenance: From the collection of Henry Glass.

Creator:

Henry Glass (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)Depth: 25 in (63.5 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Plastic,Steel

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

1960s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor structural damages. Minor fading. Wear consistent with age and use. Scratches and loss of paint to the metal, some holes and tears to the mesh sling. Bottom of seat a bit out of alignment.

Seller Location:

New York, NY

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU828532633302

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