Set of Four Chairs by Katsuo Matsumura

Complete set of seven prints commissioned by the Plastics Division of chemical giant ICI in 1971 as a promotional endeavor to show the potential of stamping foils in graphic design. ...

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...

Lounge chair (model: QA-90) designed by Japanese designer Katsuo Matsumura (1923-1991). Produced from one of the most ecological material - Yamakawa Rattan. A simple and graceful d...

A matched set of four Michel Cadestin and Georges Laurent leather and metal Beaubourg chairs, from the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. These chairs were designed in 1976 for the comp...